A wrap of PTFE round the olives before putting the fitting on never does any harm….View attachment 59067
Bath to me removed and pipes redirected.
A wrap of PTFE round the olives before putting the fitting on never does any harm….View attachment 59067
Bath to me removed and pipes redirected.
Makes the martini taste funny though....A wrap of PTFE round the olives before putting the fitting on never does any harm….
No no no properly fitted compression joints don't need anything more than a smear of boss white. ptfe is for bodging up old fittings that may leak but you need to reuse or for repairing damaged washers or making seals as requiredA wrap of PTFE round the olives before putting the fitting on never does any harm….
I would have used plastic push on fittings. Much less fannying. around.No no no properly fitted compression joints don't need anything more than a smear of boss white. ptfe is for bodging up old fittings that may leak but you need to reuse or for repairing damaged washers or making seals as required
And anyway most of these fitting should be end feed or at worst yorkshire fittings rather than compression, much less chance of a properly soldered fitting leaking that way and as its a bath access for repair is likely to be difficult at best .... do it right and do it once !
I am a but oldschool when it comes to plastic push fittings eg I seriously dislike them, just the way I was taught, the only leak we have in our house is from the single push fitting on the outside tap left by the last owner, i will get around to replacing that with copper sometime soonI would have used plastic push on fittings. Much less fannying. around.
All I will say about PTFE on olives is that I have had even a slight weep after being shown how to do this by a plumber.
each to their own.
I would use polyethylene as it seems to be able to take a hard frost.I am a but oldschool when it comes to plastic push fittings eg I seriously dislike them, just the way I was taught, the only leak we have in our house is from the single push fitting on the outside tap left by the last owner, i will get around to replacing that with copper sometime soon
It will in a warm houseCopper won't survive a bad frost.
A colleague went away for Christmas.....It will in a warm house
Any type of pipe work that freezes is in danger of being damaged. Outside pipe work should ideally be drained before winter.I would use polyethylene as it seems to be able to take a hard frost.
Did it on last house and it survived a few bad winters.
Copper won't survive a bad frost.
Well ours seems to have survived for 100+ years the only problems we have had were down to the previous owner being a diy twatI would use polyethylene as it seems to be able to take a hard frost.
Did it on last house and it survived a few bad winters.
Copper won't survive a bad frost.
Shame you live oooop north…my neighbour has an amazing coop that they want to get rid of having finally got shot of her dead husbands chickens a few weeks ago. Central heating and all sorts of chickeny gizmos..Made a decent donation to fresh start for hens & picking up half a dozen ex battery hens tomorrow.
Did you buy your house off Beaker?Well ours seems to have survived for 100+ years the only problems we have had were down to the previous owner being a diy twat
I honestly think its even worse than that mate, there was damp above the front door because all the compression joints under the bath above were just over finger tight a bit of architrave over one door was in 3 pieces for the sake of £2.50 and i have never seen so many nails in walls in my life just to give you an idea 132 in the front room aloneDid you buy your house off Beaker?