Although they don’t seem like a critical part of internal building construction or plumbing systems, clamps serve a very important function holding lines in place, suspending them, or keeping plumbing secure. Without clamps, most plumbing would eventually break resulting in catastrophic failure and significant damage to the immediate area.

Functioning as an essential form of fixing or stabilizing plumbing of all sorts, pipe clamps have developed over the years from a simple application of rope or chains to manufactured parts that can be used in a variety of situations and conditions. Fundamentally, pipe clamps are designed to keep a pipe or segment of plumbing in place, either in a specific location or suspended in the air.

Many times pipes and related plumbing have to go through cavities, ceiling areas, basement walkways, and similar. To keep the lines out of the way where people or things would be moved but to still run the plumbing through the area they have to be helped up high on the walls or suspended from the ceiling.

This is done with an assembly of rods attached to the ceiling on one end and clamps on the other. Otherwise, the pipes are secured by clamps to the walls to keep them in position high up. However, not any simple clamp will work. Some have to be able to hand temperature. Every clamp needs to be secure to avoid wiggle in the pipeline. And they need to be able to address expansion changes in pipe metal that can make the diameter bigger or smaller with cold or heat.

The simplicity of the pipe clamp hides how important a function it serves. By keeping a plumbing line in place, the equipment helps ensure the liquids or gases moving inside stay where they belong and arrived at their intended destinations. If a pipe were to come loose, the fluids inside would immediately spill into the immediate area or the gases would contaminate the air in a similar fashion. With volatile gases, it could even result in fires or explosions. So clamps serve a vital purpose, no argument.