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Hello. I got some half-inch fibre washers as kindly suggested on this thread yesterday. Unfortunately now I can't get the nut back on after fitting the washer. Any thoughts on how I could do this more effectively would be most welcome! Thanks.

Great, many thanks. Have a good night.

I see; it is copper. Just so I get it right, are you saying I need 15 mm fibre washers for both the ball cock valve and the sink?

Thanks so much. You've both saved me a lot of heartache tonight! I'll do as you suggest. Just out of curiosity, how did you know it should be a fibre washer? Since doing a little work on the sink in the toilet this afternoon, I've noticed it's started a (low-volume) leak as well; I was...

Hi, Thanks for replying. No it wasn't, although now I google that, it looks as though that's what the old one seemed to be (it was very old and corroded). What I've put in there now is a rubber washer from an old shower installation. Caitlin

Hi, I've just installed a new ballcock in the water tank that supplies our heating system. It seemed easy enough, but when I reconnected the ballcock to the water supply and turned on the water, the joint began to drip quite a bit. Can anyone please advise me on what I might have done...