Method of connecting pipes and flanged pipe joints used therein

A method of assembling a pipeline in a building, which pipeline extends through floors or walls of said building, comprising:

• providing pipes,
• making a through-hole in a wall or floor portion of said building having a diameter larger than said pipes,
• providing a pipe joint having a flange larger than said through-hole and including means for transverse adjustment thereof on said wall or floor portion and for engagement by anchoring means to secure said pipe joint in a selected one of a plurality of possible positions, said pipe joint comprising means for receiving a pipe non-perpendicularly relative to the plane of the flange,
• providing anchor means in said wall or floor portion in position to engage said flange when said pipe joint is positioned substantially coaxially or somewhat mis-aligned with said through-hole,
• placing an elastic gasket on said wall or floor portion about said through-hole to accommodate tilting,
• placing said pipe joint in position with the flange engaging said elastic gasket and said adjustment means of said flange being adjacent said anchor means, said pipe joint extending away from said through-hole,
• securing a pipe to said pipe joint, said pipe extending in said through-hole,
• effecting lateral adjustment of said pipe and pipe joint, and
• thereafter fixing said flange in a selected position by operation of said anchor means.