I am never sure how tight to make these joints - I have read hand tight plus a quarter turn, but this never seems tight enough - do I just keep tightening until the dripping stops?
It seems to be worse with cheap connectors. E.g. I have a washing machine tee from toolstation (15mm x 15mm x 3/4") which seems to need a lot of tightening. This particular connector does not even have a flat area on the body of the connector for a wrench, so is very hard to tighten.
Might it be an idea to replace the olives? These connectors seem to have copper olives - are brass ones better? Should I use PTFE tape over or under the olive?
TIA for your help
M.
It seems to be worse with cheap connectors. E.g. I have a washing machine tee from toolstation (15mm x 15mm x 3/4") which seems to need a lot of tightening. This particular connector does not even have a flat area on the body of the connector for a wrench, so is very hard to tighten.
Might it be an idea to replace the olives? These connectors seem to have copper olives - are brass ones better? Should I use PTFE tape over or under the olive?
TIA for your help
M.