Compression fittings and PTFE tape

[Onetap]

what do you guys think.

I think there are a lot of idiots around and he's just one of many.

"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt."

I fairly sure that there are videos on the manufacturers' websites, Yorkshire for example. Follow that and ignore anything different.

 

[Phigo]

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[silverback18]

what do you guys think.

I think there are a lot of idiots around and he's just one of many.

"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt."

I fairly sure that there are videos on the manufacturers' websites, Yorkshire for example. Follow that and ignore anything different.

Well said that man

 

[Stamina]

bit of ptfe around the olive or jointing compound is always good

 

[silverback18]

bit of ptfe around the olive or jointing compound is always good

Jointing compound yes, if you really feel it is needed, PTFE No.

 

[Stamina]

bit of ptfe around the olive or jointing compound is always good

Jointing compound yes, if you really feel it is needed, PTFE No.

ptfe YES if you want

 

[misterdubya]

2 pages already

 

[GaytonTonner]

i perfer to use PTFE on the olive and make the joint tigher.

handtight and 1/4 turn is the best way to get a watertight seal but just doesnt feel tight enough for me.

in the early days when i didnt use PTFE a joint that wasnt leaking when fitted was 'seeping' when i came back to it over a year later.

Just a smear of JetBlue is all you need on the fittings seating.

Plastic manufacturers state that the olive should be wrapped on PTFE when using compression on plastic piping.

DO NOT use poor quality fitting, like the cheapos on Toolstation or Screwfix. They are just plain bad. Use Conex or Kuetite with a smear of JetBlue or quality sealing paste, not the cheap crap around..

Use Conex (available from S./fix now) with a smear of JetBlue. Once again...NO PTFE Only untrained cowboys use PTFE. No college or training centre will tell you to use PTFE on compression fittings. Do that in a practical and you lose points.

 

[GaytonTonner]

bit of ptfe around the olive or jointing compound is always good

PTFE? It isn't.

 

[GaytonTonner]

tomplum uses it on youtube.. so it must be right.

His tools are made in the 1950s.

 

[xr4x4]

tomplum uses it on youtube.. so it must be right.

His tools are made in the 1950s.

and your point is....?

does that make him a bad plumber...no