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Close Coupled Tees

July 5, 2021 – 1 minute read

Geek Notes

Closely spaced tees keep your primary and secondary circuits from interfering with each other, so one doesn't rob flow from the other. Fitted at the correct spacing, they rarely need upsizing, even though that's the instinctive fix most installers reach for. Get the spacing right and you solve the problem without buying bigger pipe.

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