# 1 ¼ — Plumbing fitting and pipe thread standards For 1 ¼, thread standard is NPT; threads per inch (tpi) is 11½; major (outside) diameter (mm) is 42.2, recorded from its source on 2026-08-12. - **Thread standard:** NPT _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_ - **Nominal size:** 1 ¼ _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Threads per inch (TPI):** 11½ _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Major (outside) diameter (mm):** 42.2 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > -20 (1 ¼) | 11½ | 42.2 | 1.66 | 40.1 | 1.58 ## Source - https://trimantec.com/blogs/t/thread-identification-guide Last verified: 2026-08-12. Review by: 2028-08-11. Part of [Plumbing fitting and pipe thread standards](https://referencesource.org/plumbing-fitting-thread-standards/).