Hi, I recently bought a Merck shower head, like this:
http://www.bathstore.com/files/PRODUCT_GROUP/787/LARGE.jpg
which came supplied with a compression elbow, one arm of which is 15mm, fair enough. But the larger olive measures about 18mm internal diameter, and seems very loose on the 15mm chromed pipe. I hand-tightened it, and it simply fell off.
My question is, would a couple of turns with a spanner be enough to secure a watertight fit, or do I need some sort of adapter, or do I need to wrap some PTFE tape round the olive?
TIA
Trev
http://www.bathstore.com/files/PRODUCT_GROUP/787/LARGE.jpg
which came supplied with a compression elbow, one arm of which is 15mm, fair enough. But the larger olive measures about 18mm internal diameter, and seems very loose on the 15mm chromed pipe. I hand-tightened it, and it simply fell off.
My question is, would a couple of turns with a spanner be enough to secure a watertight fit, or do I need some sort of adapter, or do I need to wrap some PTFE tape round the olive?
TIA
Trev