hi there. posted earlier about a leaking Mira shower, where the chappy who installed the shower had put a push to fit connector on the water inlet from copper pipe to plastic pipe in the shower.
Thanks to the guys on here i was informed that this needed to be a compression joint, which I have been out and got and popped on. Now I have been told when these compression joints are used to use some PTFE, so I have done, popped the olive in and tightened it up and *drip* it's still leaking.
Firstly is there a need for the PTFE with the olive or together do they just cancel each other out and neither seal, and secondly is it possible to over-tighten the compression joint?
Thanks ever so much in advance, as you can probably tell, i'm a novice at this kinda stuff..
Thanks to the guys on here i was informed that this needed to be a compression joint, which I have been out and got and popped on. Now I have been told when these compression joints are used to use some PTFE, so I have done, popped the olive in and tightened it up and *drip* it's still leaking.
Firstly is there a need for the PTFE with the olive or together do they just cancel each other out and neither seal, and secondly is it possible to over-tighten the compression joint?
Thanks ever so much in advance, as you can probably tell, i'm a novice at this kinda stuff..