Loctite 55

[ShaunCorbs]

Tell you what it's like learning all over again, even though they are still compression fittings.

One positive from today - Yorkshire Xpress fittings are brilliant aren't they, made in seconds! I'm a convert.

😀 you don't know your born these days

Told you, you would love them

 

[cr0ft]

Is it normal for the end of the pipe by the fitting to bend onwards very slightly? Nothing leaked but I'm guessing it will do as it's basically a big pneumatic press

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Is it normal for the end of the pipe by the fitting to bend onwards very slightly? Nothing leaked but I'm guessing it will do as it's basically a big pneumatic press

Yes that's normal

Amy pics ?

 

[Chalked]

Pic of Amy. As requested

 

[cr0ft]

Will be grabbing some tomorrow when it doesn't leak 🙂

Won't look that good though!

 

[Old Account]

I think I might have been a doughnut and roughed up the grooves of the thread. I get the impression you're supposed to run the saw across the threads rather than along the grooves??

Anything better than a saw blade to rough them up? That will take forever on a 2" thread!

I would just rub the blade from top to bottom of the thread and you will get a pretty nice rough thread which is great for loctite or any other product like horeses hair I guess that's what you guys call it here.

 

[gmartine]

My tube of 557 seems to take overnight to cure properly.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Well you leaking yet ?

 

[cr0ft]

We're there 🙂 tried the Loctite 55 again today. Must have just been a tight thread on the first one. Worked a treat on the second one today 🙂

Broken my commercial plumbing virginity 🙂

Non-insulated pipe at the back is mine!

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Looks good any reason why you didn't use a f + f lever valve first ??

 

[cr0ft]

Do you mean on the left hand side of the pics?

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Yes, there's one just out of shot on the rider (right hand side) that's all.

In the first pic left I mean

 

[cr0ft]

Oh ok. Would it have saved any joints?

One thing I noticed today is 54mm conpression fittings seem a bit prone to weeping when tightened up!

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Would of looked better

Cpvc male iron straight into the lever valve

Then an 11/2 to 54mm male iron the other end to convert back to copper

Hope you left the glue 24 hours to dry before water on 😀

 

[cr0ft]

Fair one re aesthetics!

All but the unions were prefabricated off site so glue had a week to dry.

Both union connections got 22 hours before pressure put through it. To be fair nothing coming out at all and we were there tidying up for 45 mins afterwards.

Couldn't do 24hrs for operational reasons but to be fair glue was solid by 22, nice warm plant room to accelerate chemical reaction.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Fair one re aesthetics!

All but the unions were prefabricated off site so glue had a week to dry.

Both union connections got 22 hours before pressure put through it. To be fair nothing coming out at all and we were there tidying up for 45 mins afterwards.

Couldn't do 24hrs for operational reasons but to be fair glue was solid by 22, nice warm plant room to accelerate chemical reaction.

Nice one, love a bit of pre fab takes all the worries out

How did you get on tightening 54mm up 😀

 

[cr0ft]

Haha, best summed up by the maintenance guy who popped into the plant room whilst I was doing one up with 2' stilsons - 'Jesus is that sweat on your back??'

I also think I have broken our 9st apprentice..

 

[ShaunCorbs]

😀 should of given him the 12" ones

 

[cr0ft]

Or a set of wide jaw adjustables. Was tightening up one thread on the floor. He was standing on one stilsons while I did the other. Kept lifting him off the floor lol.

Good lad though, very helpful!

 

[Last Plumber]

Oh ok. Would it have saved any joints?

One thing I noticed today is 54mm conpression fittings seem a bit prone to weeping when tightened up!

If you can use it, Boss white makes it a lot easier. Oil based!