Picture credits
Updated
Photographs on this site are shared by their authors under open licenses and are credited below. Pictures were cropped, and maker names or logos visible on pipe and fittings were blurred, so no brand is shown or endorsed. Modified versions of photographs licensed CC BY-SA are shared under the same license.
1 Photographs
- Brass fittings and dezincification: photo by BenFrantzDale at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, original file. Cropped to 4:3.
- Burst pipe: first steps: photo by Tomwsulcer, CC0, original file. Cropped to 4:3; upscaled from 904px.
- Cast iron drain pipe: photo by Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, original file. Cropped to 4:3.
- Choosing pipe and trouble (category): photo by Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0, original file. Cropped to 4:3.
- Drain pipe and retired pipe (category): photo by Tomwsulcer, CC0, original file. Cropped to 4:3; upscaled from 593px.
- Fittings and valves (category): photo by Tomasz Zugaj, CC0, original file. Cropped to 4:3.
- Joining methods (category): photo by Tomwsulcer, CC BY-SA 3.0, original file. Cropped to 4:3.
- Metal pipe (category): photo by Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0, original file. Cropped to 4:3.
- PEX and plastic supply pipe (category): photo by GordonJ86, CC BY-SA 4.0, original file. Cropped to 4:3.
- Sizes, codes and marks (category): photo by Tommy Halvarsson, CC BY-SA 3.0, original file. Cropped to 4:3.
- Compression fittings: photo by Mike1024, Public domain, original file. Cropped to 4:3.
- Copper DWV pipe: photo by Achim Hering, CC BY 3.0, original file. Cropped to 4:3.
- Copper pipe types K, L and M: photo by Santeri Viinamäki, CC BY-SA 4.0, original file. Cropped to 4:3.
- Copper press fittings: photo by Cschirp, CC BY-SA 3.0, original file. Cropped to 4:3.
- CPVC pipe: photo by Asadabbas, CC BY-SA 4.0, original file. Cropped to 4:3; barcode labels blurred.
- Fitting shapes: elbows, tees, couplings: photo by Torsten Bätge, CC BY-SA 3.0, original file. Cropped to 4:3.
- Galvanized steel pipe: photo by Shamrock Lee, CC BY 4.0, original file. Cropped to 4:3.
- Heat-fusion joints: photo by Dmitry G, Public domain, original file. Cropped to 4:3.
- Identifying the pipes in your house: photo by Tjmhay at English Wikipedia, Public domain, original file. Cropped to 4:3.
- Lead pipe and lead service lines: photo by IntangibleArts, CC BY 2.0, original file. Cropped to 4:3; upscaled from 960px; from 960px commons thumbnail.
- Nominal pipe size, CTS and IPS: photo by Rhetos, CC0, original file. Cropped to 4:3.
- NSF/ANSI 14 (plastics piping): photo by ArnoldReinhold, CC BY 4.0, original file. Cropped to 4:3; brand/label text blurred.
- Orangeburg pipe: photo by Flickr user thurdl01, CC BY 2.0, original file. Cropped to 4:3.
- PEX-A pipe: photo by Tetris L, CC BY-SA 3.0, original file. Cropped to 4:3.
- PEX-B pipe: photo by Tomwsulcer, CC0, original file. Cropped to 4:3; brand/label text blurred; upscaled from 760px.
- PEX-C pipe: photo by Chixoy, CC BY-SA 3.0, original file. Cropped to 4:3.
- PEX pipe: photo by Tomwsulcer, CC0, original file. Cropped to 4:3; brand/label text blurred; upscaled from 960px; from 960px commons thumbnail.
- Pipe sizing basics for houses: photo by Rhetos, CC0, original file. Cropped to 4:3.
- Polyethylene water service pipe: photo by Deeptarpara, CC BY-SA 4.0, original file. Cropped to 4:3; brand/label text blurred.
- PVC DWV and foam-core pipe: photo by Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0, original file. Cropped to 4:3.
- PVC Schedule 40 pipe: photo by Jshin722, CC BY-SA 3.0, original file. Cropped to 4:3.
- Reading the print line on pipe: photo by Samantha787, CC BY-SA 3.0, original file. Cropped to 4:3; brand/label text blurred.
- Shutoff valves: photo by Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0, original file. Cropped to 4:3; brand/label text blurred.
- Soldered (sweat) joints: photo by neffk, CC BY 2.0, original file. Cropped to 4:3.
- Solvent-weld joints: photo by Jshin722, CC BY-SA 3.0, original file. Cropped to 4:3; upscaled from 900px.
- Threaded pipe joints: photo by Tomwsulcer, CC0, original file. Cropped to 4:3.
- Transition fittings: photo by Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, original file. Cropped to 4:3; brand/label text blurred.
- Which pipe for which job: photo by Mini.fb, CC0, original file. Cropped to 4:3.
2 AI-generated pictures
Where no suitable photograph could be found, a photo-realistic picture was generated. Each one is labelled in its caption.
- ABS pipe: AI-generated picture.
- Black steel gas pipe: AI-generated picture.
- CSST gas tubing: AI-generated picture.
- Dielectric unions: AI-generated picture.
- Kitec pipe: AI-generated picture.
- No-hub couplings: AI-generated picture.
- PEX clamp (cinch) rings: AI-generated picture.
- PEX crimp rings: AI-generated picture.
- Polybutylene pipe: AI-generated picture.
- PP-R pipe: AI-generated picture.
- Push-fit fittings: AI-generated picture.
- PVC Schedule 80 pipe: AI-generated picture.