compression fittings leaking

[gazthepottertonengineer]

wot about the blow lamps you used to literally have to blow down to solder

 

[doitall]

wot about the blow lamps you used to literally have to blow down to solder

Lost me now

Had a petrol one, then a parrafin one, then a gas one which is still going strong from the early 60s Bulfinch is the makers.

 

[gazthepottertonengineer]

parrafin one some old boy showed me once you had a tube which you had to blow down to make it hotter it was standard BG equipment at one time apparantely dont ask me though i was born in 1973

 

[kevplumb]

blowpipe used meths mate

still got mine somewhere

 

[doitall]

blowpipe used meths mate

still got mine somewhere

Perhaps thats what Gaz was thinking ml8.

Take a swig light a match and blow on the fitting

 

[gazthepottertonengineer]

sorry yes that was what i was thinking off

showing your age now Kev

 

[kevplumb]

ive been told i dont look a day over 55

blowpipe was good for that crappy thin lead tho

 

[verdigris]

Thanks for all that. I'm only a diy'er but have used yorkshire fittings and compression fittings successfully for a long time. The compression fittings without any tape or paste and I have only had problems since my last purchase. The pipe and the fittings came from a large diy outlet.
The paste was Boss super green 'with ptfe' from the plumbers merchant!
I have just crawled into my loft to check and two are still leaking!
Just a spot on piece of kitchen roll, no drips.

 

[kevplumb]

and the answer came back

DONT BUY FITTING'S FROM SHEDS

BTW plumbers merchants are cheaper as well

give them a nip if not tape them

if not bin them

 

[verdigris]

The word shed now has a new meaning for me.
Is this where 'ban all sheds comes from' ?

A 'nip' means tighten it up ?
Tried that. Binning means starting again.
Will try the tape and the paste first.

 

[kevplumb]

yes thats where BAN gets his username from

yes nip means tighten

yes binning does

worth a shot mate

 

[Agile]

There is one joint which a lot of people have a problem with. My trainee asked about it recently and I was not confident that my reply was the end of the story.

A standard hot water cylinder has a parallel male 28 mm thread for the heating coil connection. The fitment used to connect with is a 28 mm female, again with a parallel thread.

Since these are often found leaking then there is clearly a deficiency in the way these connections are often made.

What do you use and how confident are you with the joint?

Tony Glazier

 

[bripl]

cu 68 or cu69 try to avoid female irons as they do leak with ptfe but never leak with hemp and paste[jet blue]

 

[doitall]

cu 68 or cu69 try to avoid female irons as they do leak with ptfe but never leak with hemp and paste[jet blue]

Hemp m8 thats worse than lead washers

I bet you stick your finger through the fitting to make sure the coil doesn't twist when you put the 2ft stillson to work

 

[kevplumb]

nowt wrong wiv a bit of hemp

and lead washers are better than the plastic shiiiiite we use now