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supper plumb
we had a tool like that. Same scenario but we did load it onto the pallets.
He came with his mate to inspect it (cash on collection)
he was pretty....insulting and knocked us a 100 quid for the lathe.
He paid being quite smug, insultingly so.
His mate drops it! Tool couldent drive a widowmaker to save his life.
now its ruined.
he turns around and demands for his money back 😀
Err nah!
Ironic as if he hadn't knocked us the money we would have loaded it.
He said use it round olives but mainly wrap it around threads...
There are certain times you may need to use it round an olive and that's normally on an already leaking compression fitting or an old one you've had to undo for whatever reason. As for wrapping it around threads, there are certain threads you will need to use it on and a compression fitting thread isn't one of them.
The plumbers on this forum aren't lying to you or winding you up, they're trying to help/teach you.
By the way, you could do with an avatar...
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Cut pipe.
Slide on Nut
Slide on Olive
1 wrap of PTFE near the end of the pipe.
Slide olive on to it and 1 wrap PTFE over olive.
Now the Olive won't slip off, especially if in the vertical.
A touch of Blue on fitting threads over 28mm just to ease the effort required
Slide on Nut
Slide on Olive
1 wrap of PTFE near the end of the pipe.
Slide olive on to it and 1 wrap PTFE over olive.
Now the Olive won't slip off, especially if in the vertical.
A touch of Blue on fitting threads over 28mm just to ease the effort required
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Gray0689
The olive to fitting contact will cut the ptfe tape to bits.
It will be better than putting nothing on the compression joint, but paste has to be better & is a fine sealant.
If using ptfe on olive, I would prefer to first compress the joint, then take apart & wrap 2 or 3 turns of tape over the entire olive.
Surely you will have leaks if you do every compression joint dry?
A seized up fitting or one with a slight bit of white corrosion on the brass fitting or green at pipe is a leak, slight that it may be! I have never seen a job full of unpasted brass compression joints that hasn't leaks, especially with the cheap fittings nowadays.
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Koogatubac
Supper plumb,
You r a inspiration to us plumbers, why the hell have we spent years and years understanding the trade when you come and do jobs like this.
Seriously... Your obviously incapable of understanding the VERY basics in how a olive seals onto the pipe.
Give up plumbing or join a REAL plumber who can teach you.
This has to be a wind up...
You r a inspiration to us plumbers, why the hell have we spent years and years understanding the trade when you come and do jobs like this.
Seriously... Your obviously incapable of understanding the VERY basics in how a olive seals onto the pipe.
Give up plumbing or join a REAL plumber who can teach you.
This has to be a wind up...
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Koogatubac
Never one leak? Not even microscopic leaks that appear as corrosion, weeks, months or years later?
Do you ever use standard compression fittings, or ballofix valves for example? You will have leaks without paste. There is no magic touch a plumber can do that will make tightening a nut a special leak proof job.
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Kyle87
Still waiting for my first leak, it'll come one day I know that, but so far I've had none. For some reason though, I bought a tub of JetBlue today. Subliminal thought in my head from reading this thread I suppose?
I don't know why it's so hard to believe there are people out there who have always done their compression fittings right. I never leave a job without checking round every joint I've done.
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