Where can I find this? How is it called?

[diodorus]

Hello!

I am trying to assemble something like this:

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• diodorus
• 24 Oct 2012
• 1

This is **not** a working pipe/valve, but purely used, say, as a coathanger or a lamp base.

I guess (?) the "T" part is something like a 3/4" X 1/2" X 3/4" BSP Unequal Tee-Galvanised fitting, which I can find.

However, what could that brass "handle" be? Can I find/buy such part? How would you call it? I was trying to google for something like BSP male brass drain/cock/stop/valve but without much success.

Again, it doesn't need to have a function, but it needs to fit in the 1/2'' BSP female thread of the Tee.

Any idea?

Thanks in advance!
diodorus

 

[OwainDIYer]

Looks like it's what Americans use for venting / bleeding stuff

http://www.diysir.com/hot-sales-579670-Vent-Plug-with-T-Bar-bleed-plug-bleeder-valves.html

 

[calorific]

Get one of these, take the head off and chuck the body

 

[calorific]

or this or from here, or here

etc etc etc

Or contact pegler direct and they might be able to supply you with the heads only if you want a few

 

[Onetap]

However, what could that brass "handle" be? Can I find/buy such part? How would you call it? I was trying to google for something like BSP male brass drain/cock/stop/valve but without much success.

It is called a crutch-head and looks like it is from a brass stop-cock, unscrewed from the stopcock body.

http://www.screwfix.com/p/pegler-stop-tap-15mm/15440

There's no reason why the thread should be 1/2" BSP, it is not made with the intention of connecting it to another fitting. It could be any random thread; you'd have to get a stop-cock and take it apart.

 

[diodorus]

It is called a crutch-head and looks like it is from a brass stop-cock, unscrewed from the stopcock body.

http://www.screwfix.com/p/pegler-stop-tap-15mm/15440

There's no reason why the thread should be 1/2" BSP, it is not made with the intention of connecting it to another fitting. It could be any random thread; you'd have to get a stop-cock and take it apart.

Yes, that was my "fear"... I was looking for something that would definitely fit.

In any case, would it be a matter of simply unscrewing the head, or would I need some tools to do that? (I'm not a plumber, obviously...)

 

[calorific]

Spanner

 

[Charnwood]

It is a crutch-head headwork from a bibtap or stopcock, probably BS1010, probably (well, almost certainly) not a BSP thread.
Good luck!