pricing up for little job

[glenno1]

And a horlicks i hope

 

[Keefy]

:biggrin5: got the job at £30 labour pluss parts = happy days

Hope you've got liability insurance. 😉

 

[supper plumb]

went and done it today all done no paste tho:6:
But its beer money for the evening :8:

 

[Gray0689]

went and done it today all done no paste tho:6:
But its beer money for the evening :8:

Lol who showed you to do that why o why is there a roll of ptfe on the threads

 

[Keefy]

went and done it today all done no paste tho:6:
But its beer money for the evening :8:

oh my jesus christ

 

[Kyle87]

went and done it today all done no paste tho:6:
But its beer money for the evening :8:

You don't need all that polytetraflouraethelene on the threads of that valve mate. In danger of cracking the nuts

 

[supper plumb]

nout wrong with that. couple of turns of ptfe on the threads and couple of turns on the olives
only couple of turns if it was belt and braces then PTFE & paste
i was tought you should do 10/12 turns on the threads with tape and a smudge of paste on the jointing side of the olive

i only done 3 turns of PTFE sealed nice and no leaks

 

[Gray0689]

went and done it today all done no paste tho:6:
But its beer money for the evening :8:

Can't believe you even posted a picture of that mess
Ps should of been a full flow lever valve and where is the lagging

 

[Gray0689]

nout wrong with that. couple of turns of ptfe on the threads and couple of turns on the olives

Nothing wrong with it if your a muppet that hasn't a clue about plumbing
But if you got the name supper plumb WELL lmfao

 

[Keefy]

 

[secret squirrel]

Should be a full bore valve, I agree with earlier post preferably lever valve, full flow none the less.

If I had seen this on a job I'd think diy. PTFE around olives only.

If you were taught ptfe around the thread can you explain the reasoning behind this.

Thats why it was £30 full bore lever valve is a fiver(ish)

 

[Gray0689]

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NO even tommy wouldn't do that lol

 

[Kyle87]

nout wrong with that. couple of turns of ptfe on the threads and couple of turns on the olives
only couple of turns if it was belt and braces then PTFE & paste
i was tought you should do 10/12 turns on the threads with tape and a smudge of paste on the jointing side of the olive

i only done 3 turns of PTFE sealed nice and no leaks

You don't want anything on the threads as the threads are only there to assist the squeezing of the olive.
Paste on the olive great!

You shouldn't ever put anything on the threads of a compression joint

 

[Mike Jackson]

Surely the pic i in the wrong place. Shouldn't it be in the hall of shame? Honestly, that's worse than most DIY jobs I see.

 

[Keefy]

You wanna copyright that photo of yours before someone steals it for their own portfolio.

 

[Kyle87]

This should be a question on your brain teaser thread..... Why is there ptfe on this valve?

 

[Keefy]

First rule of Plumb Club; when asking for advice - LISTEN!

 

[supper plumb]

you should never have metal on metal water can and will find its path to leak metal on metal thread = water to travel up the thread thats what i was shown by a plumber to do it this way. we all have our own way of doing things

 

[Kyle87]

Plumb club?

Keefy that sounds a bit Pervy lol

 

[Gray0689]

First rule of Plumb Club; when asking for advice - LISTEN!

Second rule
Don't think you know it all!
None of us do