{"data":{"id":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-fgc-405","jurisdiction":"us-nyc","citation":"N.Y.C. Admin. Code § FGC 405","heading":"Section FGC 405: Piping Bends and Changes in Direction","body":"405.1 General.\n\nChanges in direction of pipe shall be permitted to be made by the use of fittings, factory bends, or field bends.\n\n405.2 Metallic pipe.\n\nMetallic pipe bends shall comply with the following:\n\n1. Bends shall be made only with bending tools and procedures intended for that purpose.\n\n2. All bends shall be smooth and free from buckling, cracks or other evidence of mechanical damage.\n\n3. Bends shall be made only with seamless pipe.\n\n4. Pipe shall not be bent through an arc of more than 90 degrees (1.6 rad).\n\n5. The inside radius of a bend shall be not less than six times the outside diameter of the pipe.\n\n405.3 Reserved.\n\n405.4 Elbows.\n\nFactory-made welding elbows or transverse segments cut therefrom shall have an arc length measured along the crotch of not less than 1 inch (25.4 mm) in pipe sizes 2 inches (50.8 mm) and larger.","path":["New York City Administrative Code","Title 28","Chapter 9: New York City Fuel Gas Code"],"source_url":"https://files.amlegal.com/pdffiles/NewYorkCity/Admin/XML.zip","current_through":"Local Law 2026/135 (enacted August 31, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T02:48:57Z","sha256":"0044c1a5c80b471bdbd56f6b358b3486495589cad9a0965480142a56840a2123","source_id":"us-nyc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-fgc-404","next":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-fgc-406"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}