Funny Pipefitter & Steamfitter Hats

Pipefitters and steamfitters work industrial piping, the high-pressure systems in refineries, refrigeration plants and defense sites, and they usually get lumped in with plumbers. Plumbers focus on lower-pressure sewage and potable water. Some union locals even list plumber/pipefitter on the hall sign, though members insist on one title or the other and dislike the wrong label. The United Association represents nearly 355,000 plumbers, pipefitters, sprinkler fitters, HVACR techs, welders and pipeliners in North America, and BLS puts median pay for plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters at about $63,800. The humor on this page comes from how the trade is already merchandised. I Can Lay Pipe All Night Long is a proven market line on pins and shirts, and Pipefitter King of Trades turns up across Amazon and Etsy listings. The pride is in the math and the pressure, so the page adds Plumbing With Calculus and a steamfitter who makes steam go where he tells it. Pipefitters also have a cap tradition: forum summaries say they wore caps before hard hats to keep dirt and sparks out of their hair, and the original cap designs came from wives sewing scrap fabric. That makes a hat a fitting medium for this trade. Two plain badges, Pipefitter and Steamfitter, cover the search terms. Every design is custom embroidered on an unstructured dad hat.