What is a bullhead tee in plumbing?

Asked by: Wendy Marshall

A bullhead tee fitting is one of the most common fitting used in pipe and tube fitting. Bull head pipe tees are those type of pipe tees where the “branch pipe” connection is of a larger diameter than the straight through “run” connections.

What is a tee used for in plumbing?

A tee, the most common pipe fitting, is used to combine or divide fluid flow. Tees can connect pipes of different diameters or change the direction of a pipe run, or both. Available in a variety of materials, sizes and finishes, they may also be used to transport two-fluid mixtures.

What is T in pipe fitting?

Pipe Tee Fitting:
Pipe tee fitting is a fitting that has a T shape. It has two outlets at an angle of 90° each and one main connection line. It is a pipe that has adjacent outlets and used to connect pipes at 90° angle. Pipe tee fittings are used for commercial as well as industrial applications.

How do you describe a plumbing tee?

Tees are generally measured from the “Run” to the “Bull”. The “Run” is the left-to-right or the length of the Tee. The “Bull” is the top part of the Tee. For example if a Tee is 3/4″ X 3/4″ X 1/2″, then the left inside diameter is 3/4″, the right inside diameter is 3/4″ and the top inside diameter part is 1/2″.

What is reducing tee in plumbing?

In other words, reducing tee is a type of pipe fitting in which the branch port size is smaller than the ports of the run. This type of pipe fitting can also consider size reduction from one of the run ports to the other.

How many types of tees are there?

There are two types of Tee used in piping, Equal / Straight Tee, and Reducing / Unequal Tee.

What is the difference between a tee and an elbow?

Elbows and tees are common types of fittings, and both are used to change the direction of a pipe. The most basic difference between an elbow and a tee is that the elbow is used for the connection at the bend of the pipeline, while the tee is used for the connection at the branch of the main pipeline.

How do you identify a reducing tee?

To describe a reducing tee, you must first locate the largest size on the run of the tee (1″ in the example below). The next size indicated in the description of the reducing tee is the side opposite to that with the largest size on the run of the body (3/4″ in the example below).

What is a wye fitting?

A fitting with three openings, a wye is used to create branch lines. It is a type of tee fitting which has the side inlet pipe entering at a 45° angle, or an angle other than 90 degrees. A standard wye is a “Y” shaped fitting which allows one pipe to be joined to another at a 45 degree angle.

What is the difference between equal tee and unequal tee reducing tee?

Branch size may be smaller or equal to run pipe size but it cannot be larger. Tees having branch size equal to run size are called equal tees & other as unequal tees or reducing tees.

How many inlets does a straight or reducing tee have?

Notice there are two tees installed in Figure 3.24. One is known as a straight tee, and the other is a reducing tee. On a straight tee, all three outlets are the same nominal pipe size. A reducing tee has a branch that is a smaller line size than the header.

What is a street tee?

Pipe street tees are a type of run tee with two female threaded ends and one male threaded end. Our inventory of pipe street tees includes several models from Pressure Connections in brass, steel, and stainless steel body material options.