Hi,
I've got a thermostatic shower mixer (in wall). See pic:
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h316/goodproducts101/Dsc00252.jpg
It leaks from the junctions indicated on the picture.
There are threaded reducers that came with the mixer (? to 15mm) and I added a few turns of ptfe before screwing them in (no olive). I tried tightening them up, but the leak just gets worse.
I assume there is some unwritten rule when screwing these things together, like with compression joints (quarter turn past firm).
Given that the reducers are almost all the way in (and still leaking), are they now damaged (like compression fittings), or can they be reused with some more ptfe?
One last question. If I have to disassemble the pipes form the mixer, can the compression fittings & olives be re-used (another quarter turn past tight), or do i have to cut a new section of pipe?
Thanks,
I've got a thermostatic shower mixer (in wall). See pic:
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h316/goodproducts101/Dsc00252.jpg
It leaks from the junctions indicated on the picture.
There are threaded reducers that came with the mixer (? to 15mm) and I added a few turns of ptfe before screwing them in (no olive). I tried tightening them up, but the leak just gets worse.
I assume there is some unwritten rule when screwing these things together, like with compression joints (quarter turn past firm).
Given that the reducers are almost all the way in (and still leaking), are they now damaged (like compression fittings), or can they be reused with some more ptfe?
One last question. If I have to disassemble the pipes form the mixer, can the compression fittings & olives be re-used (another quarter turn past tight), or do i have to cut a new section of pipe?
Thanks,