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Originally Posted by '10Anamoly
Hey Tony, was there a downside to putting a support bracket or gusset between the side branch and primary pipe? Seems like it could only help and for a minimal cost.
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Weather it be due to excessive thermal gradients or stress risers, I've seen a lot of brackets of different kinds put onto test pipes and HFC's.... and they are notorious for cracking or breaking.
Sometimes its better to simply allow structures (or pipes) to be a little flexible as opposed to rigidly braced.