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What is a sweeping tee?

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Brad Meadows_2
Brad Meadows_2 Member Posts: 2
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What is a sweeping tee? My contractor claims it is a boiler part not a plumbing part. He says its brass and it goes to copper.

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  • Ted_13
    Ted_13 Member Posts: 40
    perhaps better known as monoflow tee

    They are brass and used in hydronic systems to create a pressure drop to force flow through a heat emmiter.
  • Jeff Elston
    Jeff Elston Member Posts: 289
    Sweeping

    These tees double as helpers and sweep the floor when needed:)

    I never heard of a sweeping tee
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    same here

    Same here, in my 30 plus years in plumbing/heating/drainage business, never heard of sweeping tee... Where did ya hear that term from? Mr orange vest guy?
  • adambuild
    adambuild Member Posts: 420
    Perhaps.........

    .........the reference is to a "sweep tee" or a tee with a long sweep in the bull?
  • Ray Landry_2
    Ray Landry_2 Member Posts: 114


    maybe he means a copper wye? they where common back in the day
  • ScottMP
    ScottMP Member Posts: 5,882
    Yes Yes

    It fits on the bottom of the broom. Very popular in the west.

    I love some of the names my guys have brought up.

    Scott

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  • JK_3
    JK_3 Member Posts: 240
    Long turn tee wye

    In my area I have heard some o f the younger guys refer to a long turn tee wye as a " sweeping tee" or a "long sweep tee" But then for many years I would call unistrut "kindorf" and most people still refer to tissues as "kleenex"

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  • Jerry_15
    Jerry_15 Member Posts: 379


    Yeah, sure sounds like a combo wye for DWV. What are you using this for?
  • Steve M_2
    Steve M_2 Member Posts: 121
    mono flow tee

    I think he might be refering to a mono flow tee?

    Steve
  • bob young
    bob young Member Posts: 2,177
    the scoop

    An alternate name for monoflow tee [ which is patented by b.& g. ] is scoop tee. also taco made venturi tee's
  • Jed_2
    Jed_2 Member Posts: 781
    Brad

    maybe he is hoping it will sweep up his mess for him. Brass goes to to copper -- and what does that have to do with heating? He's out of his gord.

    Jed
  • Jeff Elston
    Jeff Elston Member Posts: 289
    heard of a

    HAs anyone heard of a "jiffy ell"
  • bob young
    bob young Member Posts: 2,177
    brass to copper

    Sounds like he has a brass or bronze fitting with socket ends for a copper tube system [sweat ] as opposed to iron pipe size female for a steel pipe threaded system. fairly common.
  • Ron Schroeder
    Ron Schroeder Member Posts: 995


    I have heard Sanitary T's and T-Y's called Sweep T's but not very often.
  • Weezbo
    Weezbo Member Posts: 6,231
    Long Sweep 90,

    vent t,san t, combo,long sweep combo. Two way cleanout.

    vent 90,regular 90,drainage 90 long sweep 90

    y combo....short turn 90's and long turn 90's ...

    ?
  • S Ebels
    S Ebels Member Posts: 2,322
    Brad

    I've not heard that term..........ever.

    What was the topic of your discussion with your contractor when this term came up? What did he say this fitting did in particular and why does he need it?

    I'm just looking for clues as to what the intended use of the fitting actually is. Maybe that will help us determine what he's talking about.

    I'm curious because in 30 years of hardware store, plumbing and heating experience I have never heard of this term.
  • bigugh_4
    bigugh_4 Member Posts: 405
    How about \"session joint, rosco wye, & long screw?

    Do these have any rememberance?
  • Donny
    Donny Member Posts: 37
    Jiffy

    Jiffy fittings are made by the Fernco Company. You can cut out a damaged drainage fitting and replace it with a one piece all rubber fitting with clamps at each joint.
  • bob young
    bob young Member Posts: 2,177
    rubber workers

    you can save more time & money by just using rubber hoses. real craftsmanship
  • bob young
    bob young Member Posts: 2,177
    the not plumbers techniques

    ah, the sission joint . when you could eliminmate the necessary three sections of pipe to cut in a fitting on a cast iron soil line. at best is was a slopass joint and also illegal. the kaffir joint with the screw hub was the more acceptable way to go if you wanted to slide in a quick job and beat the system. this is why there are codes and licensed plumbers. to try and curtail the fly by nite butchers. saddles were also big timesaver
  • Reed
    Reed Member Posts: 56
    When working in NYC

    we called, what I know now as a long turn tee wye,a Boston tee wye and of course this is use in a plumbing waste or drainage system. Maybe now it is called a sweeping tee but never heard of it.
    I still call it "Kindorf"
  • JK_4
    JK_4 Member Posts: 35
    Kindorf

    When I asked for kindorf in a new jersey supply house they looked at me sideways. after I discribed it they sold me unistrut.

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