The tee features solder cups. This fitting allows for a connection to be made in continuous pipeline and branch out to a different direction. Please refer to NIBCO technical data sheets and catalogs for engineering and installation information. In addition to its inherent qualities of beauty, durability and low maintenance, copper's reusability makes it an ideal application in sustainable projects. NIBCO® copper fittings are manufactured in an ISO 9001 certified facility, and backed by a 50-year limited warranty. Because of its longstanding reputation for innovation and precision in design and manufacturing, NIBCO is the preferred brand in the industry.
Copper Fittings Installation Instructions
- Dezincification resistant
- Lead-free*
- Silicon Performance Bronze® alloy
- ASME B16.18 design standards
- NSF/ANSI/CAN-61 and 372
Copper Fittings Installation Instructions
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Product Specs
- All Application(s):
- Lead-Free
- All Basic Material:
- Lead-Free
- Classification:
- Solder Pressure Tees
- End Connection:
- Solder
- Metal End Connection Type:
- C x C x C
- Product Group:
- Fitting
- Product Type:
- Solder Pressure Tees
- System Use:
- Commercial Plumbing, Fire Protection, Heating, HVAC, Industrial, Irrigation, Residential Plumbing, Lead Free*
- Type of Tee:
- Reducing Outlet and Run
- Product Subgroup:
- Tee
- Department:
- Plumbing
- Product Weight:
- 0.483 lb
- Product Height:
- 1.52 in
- Product Width:
- 2.53 in
- Product Length:
- 2.97 in
Nibco B10095L – Frequently Asked Questions
1) What size pipe does the Nibco 711-LF reducing tee connect?
The Nibco 711-LF is built as a 1-1/4 inch x 1/2 inch x 1 inch reducing tee, so the run reduces from 1-1/4 inch down to 1 inch while the branch takes 1/2 inch copper tube. All three openings are solder cups (C x C x C), meaning they slip over the outside of copper tube and are sweated. Manufacturer part number B10095L.
2) Is this Nibco tee lead-free and approved for potable water?
It's a lead-free fitting made from Silicon Performance Bronze alloy, and it carries NSF/ANSI/CAN 61 and 372 for potable water service. It's also dezincification resistant, which matters on aggressive or high chloride water where standard brass can fail.
3) Can I use a solder tee like this on a press or threaded copper system?
No. All three ends on the 711-LF are solder cups, so the joints have to be sweated with torch and solder. If your system is press fit or threaded, you need a fitting with those ends instead. On a mixed job the usual approach is a solder-to-thread adapter at the transition point rather than trying to modify this tee.
4) What systems is the Nibco 711-LF bronze tee rated for besides domestic water?
Nibco lists it for commercial and residential plumbing, fire protection, heating, HVAC, industrial process, and irrigation. It's a pressure fitting, not a DWV fitting, so keep it out of drain, waste and vent work.
5) Why use a reducing tee instead of a full-size tee with bushings?
The 711-LF is made as a reducing outlet and run tee, so the size change is built into the casting. That's one fitting and three joints instead of a full-size tee plus reducers, which means fewer solder joints to leak and less pressure drop through the branch. It also keeps the assembly short where you're tight to a wall or joist bay.
6) Does this Nibco copper tee meet the design standard called out on plumbing drawings?
It's manufactured to ASME B16.18 for cast copper alloy solder joint pressure fittings, in an ISO 9001 certified facility. Between B16.18 and the NSF/ANSI/CAN 61 and 372 listings, it covers the two things most commercial potable water specs ask for.
7) Which opening is the 1/2 inch branch on this 1-1/4 x 1/2 x 1 tee?
On a reducing tee sized this way, the first two figures are the run and the last is the branch, so the run goes 1-1/4 inch in to 1 inch out and the 1/2 inch outlet is the branch takeoff. That makes it a common fitting for dropping a 1/2 inch fixture branch off a 1-1/4 inch main while stepping the main down to 1 inch past the takeoff.
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