Curiosity killed the cat, cast bronze fittings

Solid_Fuel_Man

Quick question, the maybe not dead yet men used to use a lot of cast bronze fittings in their copper systems.  Nowadays this cast bronze is more expensive, just curious as to why the may not be be dead yet men used them instead of the wrot copper fittings that are common place in a copper system.  I'm speaking of Ts elbows threaded adaptors etc.



Thanks for satisfying my own curiosity. 

TS

Charlie from wmass

cost

and availibility. The cast bronze came first. Wrought fittings were new age stuff. They were also promoted because the wrought fittings could be soldered faster. Back in the day at trade shows they would have soldering races with the prize being a bucket of fittings. The salesman would have the wrought fittings and the plumber would have the cast bronze. Most days the saleman won. An old timer from Long Island was one of the few I met that beat the salesman.

Solid_Fuel_Man

Interesting

I'd guess the transition must have been in the early 60s, as the work I've seen with said bronze fittings were in early 60s and prior installations.  Funny you talk about the old times beating the salesman.  An old timer gave me a couple of buckets of fittings and the majority of them are bronze and long sweep copper.  He retired in the late 60s



TS