Pipe Support Systems

Trade names.

A pipe clamp is called a pipe clip by some US contractors and an abrazadera by Spanish-speaking crews. Threaded rod has regional names and is called varilla roscada or varilla de rosca in Spanish; a stainless collar for a flange is called a stub end or valona in English and Spanish. This page lists the names used across the United States and Spanish terms used on US job sites, each linked to the GV product it describes.

US English and Spanish

Find a pipe support part by the name your trade uses.

Every name here was checked against a US pipe support or fixings supplier across regions. Where a region uses a broader word, it is left off, so each name points to one product.

Pipe Support Components

Pipe Clamps

Also called pipe hangers in the US. Spanish-speaking crews call it abrazadera para tubo.

US English
pipe hanger
Español (US)
abrazaderaabrazadera para tubo

Pipe Support Components

Threaded Rods / Bars

Also called threaded rod in the US. Spanish-speaking crews call it varilla roscada.

US English
threaded rodall thread
Español (US)
barra roscadaperno roscadovarilla roscada