Hi all,
Fitted new bath/shower mixer yesterday. Despite putting PTFE tape round it, and tightening the nut as much as I dare, this morning I notice there is still a tiny drop of water seeping out at the top of the union nut. It's not running down the pipe or anything (but I do think it's sitting there laughing at me). Any views as to what I should do? Seems to me the options are
1. leave it alone and see if it gets better/worse
2. take the nut off, re-tape it, and connect it back up
3. cut back the copper pipe and fix e.g. a flexi hose so the connections are new (I am currently reusing the union nut on the copper pipe, which itself is sitting on a copper reducer to get from 22mm to 15mm (the pipework is all 15 mm). If this is the way to go, which kind of hose would I need?
Thanks in advance
wrathkeg
Fitted new bath/shower mixer yesterday. Despite putting PTFE tape round it, and tightening the nut as much as I dare, this morning I notice there is still a tiny drop of water seeping out at the top of the union nut. It's not running down the pipe or anything (but I do think it's sitting there laughing at me). Any views as to what I should do? Seems to me the options are
1. leave it alone and see if it gets better/worse
2. take the nut off, re-tape it, and connect it back up
3. cut back the copper pipe and fix e.g. a flexi hose so the connections are new (I am currently reusing the union nut on the copper pipe, which itself is sitting on a copper reducer to get from 22mm to 15mm (the pipework is all 15 mm). If this is the way to go, which kind of hose would I need?
Thanks in advance
wrathkeg