Recent content by chelseaboylondon

sorry i know the difference, just usually use the olives that come with the fittings. i have used a few in the past.

Thanks for your help, sorry i know what copper and brass ones are now, a blondde moment there!! I have checked them all and all are good. I did do them all tight, it was just 1 of them was not cut cleanly, the wheel wouldn't cut the pipe off fully, i had to bend it and snap it off :( also...

i see :) as long as they are not kinked, how would they get kinked though...? as long as they don't all of a sudden split then i'll be happy. we have mains pressure though will that be a problem using them?

They seem to come in minimum lengths of 300mm, with 10mm or 13mm internal bores. But if the distance between the tap shank and pipe is only 13-140mm is it ok to use a flexy and means it may curl up/over a bit, or will it split?

thanks for tips. ok, copper olives from now on :) (how do you tell the fdifference between the 2 though)?? and when i tighten onto pipe and then undo, do i only tighten a little, then use comound and then fully tighten about 1 turn?

What is the best way to make a sound compression fitting joint without a leak/drip? I made 5 this weekend in my house and 2 were leaking, although I believe I may know possibly why? I have mains pressure all over so maybe this made it worse? The pipe should go into the fitting up to the...