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Description
The ready-to-fit tee that also joins two lengths of rail. The long tee sits on top of a run post with the top rail passing through its 100mm barrel. Because the barrel is long enough to hold two tube ends, two lengths of rail can meet inside it over a post, so no separate joint is needed. It arrives pre-drilled with its M6 nuts and bolts. Moulded in two halves from glass reinforced plastic, it never rusts and needs no painting. The price shown is for one fitting with its bolts, with a minimum order of 5.
Why choose the long tee
Joins rails over a post. Two rail lengths can butt together inside the 100mm barrel, each held by its own bolt, so long runs need no extra joints between posts.
Ready to fit. Pre-drilled, with its M6 nuts and bolts included.
No rust, no hot work. GRP does not corrode, needs no painting and goes together cold.
High visibility. Safety yellow all the way through.
Where it is used
Long straight guard rails at sewage and water treatment works, chemical and plating plants, rail depots, quaysides, food factories and electrical sites, wherever rail lengths must be joined. It can also join the post at the end of a run to the knee rail.
Specifications
| What you get | One two-part long tee, pre-drilled, with its M6 nuts and bolts, minimum order 5 |
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| Fitting type | Long tee, 90°: rail through the top, post into the socket below |
| Joins rail lengths | Yes, two rails can meet inside the barrel |
| Suits tube | 50mm outside diameter GRP handrail tube |
| Size | 100mm wide along the rail, 108mm overall height |
| Fixing holes | 2 on the rail at 50mm centres, 1 on the post |
| Fixings | M6 nuts and bolts, included |
| Material | Glass reinforced plastic (GRP), moulded |
| Colour | Safety yellow |
| Weight | 0.34kg |
Load tested system
The 50mm GRP tube handrail system these fittings belong to has been load tested by an independent UK laboratory as a straight two-rail balustrade, 1100mm high with posts at 1000mm centres. It carried 0.4 kN/m, above the 0.36 kN/m general duty load for industrial handrails in BS 4592-0.
How many do you need?
Use a long tee on any run post where two rail lengths meet. Tube comes in 3.5m and 5m lengths, so on a long run plan a joint over a post roughly every 3 to 5 posts. Other run posts can take a short tee.
Building a complete GRP handrail
- Tube: 5000mm lengths or 3500mm lengths
- Top of other run posts, drilled: short tee
- Corners, drilled: top corner and middle corner
- Knee rail, drilled: mid rail cross
- Feet, drilled: triangular base flange
- Ends: yellow end cap
See the whole range in GRP handrail.
Fitting
Cut the posts so the tops finish level. Close the long tee over the post top, push the rail ends into the barrel from each side so they meet in the middle, check the rail is level, then fit and tighten the M6 bolts supplied. Seal cut tube ends with end caps.
Care
Wash down with water and mild detergent. Check the bolts once a year and after any impact. GRP needs no painting.
Frequently asked questions
Is the price for one fitting?
Yes, one long tee with its bolts. The minimum order is 5.
What is the difference from the short tee?
The long tee has a 100mm barrel, long enough to hold two rail ends, so it can join rail lengths over a post. The short tee is only for a rail passing straight through.
Are the bolts included?
Yes. It comes pre-drilled with its M6 nuts and bolts.
Will it fit steel scaffold tube?
No. It is sized for 50mm GRP handrail tube. Steel 48.3mm tube needs key clamp fittings.
Ordering and delivery
Order 5 or more online with Express UK Delivery. For a full GRP guard rail, send us a sketch with lengths and corners: call 01744 520 110 or email sales@industrialsuppliesco.co.uk and we will list every tube, fitting and fixing you need.
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Minimum order 5 pcs