Viega 26070 MegaPress 90° street elbow Smart Connect technology Carbon steel, 1-1/2'' x 1-1/2''

Yes. The 26070 is a carbon steel MegaPress fitting sized 1-1/2 inch by 1-1/2 inch, and MegaPress is the press system for carbon steel pipe, including black iron. It presses onto the pipe rather than being threaded or welded, so you are not cutting threads or bringing a torch onto the job. Do not use it on copper tube; that is a different press system.

Smart Connect is the feature that makes an unpressed connection leak visibly during pressure testing, so a joint you missed shows itself at test rather than after the ceiling is closed. On a large job with dozens of 1-1/2 inch press joints that is the difference between finding a miss in an hour and finding it in a callback. It is built into the 26070 elbow, nothing to order separately.

The elbow itself measures 5.433 inches long, 5.118 inches wide and 2.437 inches high, and weighs 1.79 lbs. Those outer numbers are the fitting only, so budget clearance beyond them for the press jaw to close around the socket. In a tight joist bay or against a wall, the street end helps here: it eliminates the nipple and one whole press joint compared with a P x P elbow plus a coupling.

Threaded means cutting and cutting oil on site, and every thread is a place to leak; welding means a hot work permit in most occupied buildings. The 26070 presses in seconds with no flame and no threading, which is why it gets specified for retrofit work in occupied space. The trade-off is the tool: you need the press tool and the correct 1-1/2 inch jaw or ring, and pipe that is cut square, reamed and marked to depth. If you only have a handful of joints and already own a threader, threaded may still be the cheaper path.

The 26070 comes as a complete fitting with its sealing element already in the socket, so there is nothing to add to the fitting itself. What you supply is the press tool with a 1-1/2 inch jaw or ring, a square cut on the pipe, a deburred and reamed end, and a depth mark so you can confirm the pipe is fully bottomed before pressing. Skipping the depth mark is the single most common cause of a bad press joint.

Yes, the 26070 MegaPress elbow is made in the USA. That matters if you are on a public job with domestic sourcing requirements, or filing submittals for a government, school or healthcare project where country of origin has to be documented.