Good afternoon,
I noticed that the pipe leading to my washing machine had a little leak (just a drip-drip) and I decided to try and remedy it.
I think I have succeeded, in the end, but I wanted to ask a little bit more detail about the actual connector used (one that I did not fit and don't know much about) to try and increase my knowledge. It is this...
...I turned the isolation valve on the copper pipe and managed to get the blue bit off by depressing the yellow thing, this allowed me to unscrew the blue connector while keeping the beige barrel in place.
Once off, I thought I could just disconnect the blue thing from the beige thing, but this did not prove to be the case. I could turn the blue connector - if I depressed the yellow tab then it was free-moving and silent - if I didn't depress the yellow tab then it turned but with a clicking... it didn't loosen or tighten regardless of which direction or how much I turned it.
I could not pull them apart. I tried with some force. I noticed the clear bit of plastic in-between, that has cut-outs of some kind, possibly for a tool to use. I obviously did not have the right thing.
I eventually unscrewed the screws at each side of the beige thing and manage to pull the end off that - inside was a rubber seal (which looked OK) and something that looked like a flow restrictor or something.
I re-assembled it, put the blue connector back onto the copper pipe, re-opened the isolation valve and no leak (for now).
Are these two parts supposed to separate? If so, how do you go about it? Is there anything useful / serviceable in-between the beige barrel, the clear collar and the blue connector? Maybe a washer or seal?
What do we call this type of connector?
I'm just trying to get my head around things, so any information would be quite useful to me, even though I may not still have (fingers-crossed) an immediate water problem.
I noticed that the pipe leading to my washing machine had a little leak (just a drip-drip) and I decided to try and remedy it.
I think I have succeeded, in the end, but I wanted to ask a little bit more detail about the actual connector used (one that I did not fit and don't know much about) to try and increase my knowledge. It is this...
...I turned the isolation valve on the copper pipe and managed to get the blue bit off by depressing the yellow thing, this allowed me to unscrew the blue connector while keeping the beige barrel in place.
Once off, I thought I could just disconnect the blue thing from the beige thing, but this did not prove to be the case. I could turn the blue connector - if I depressed the yellow tab then it was free-moving and silent - if I didn't depress the yellow tab then it turned but with a clicking... it didn't loosen or tighten regardless of which direction or how much I turned it.
I could not pull them apart. I tried with some force. I noticed the clear bit of plastic in-between, that has cut-outs of some kind, possibly for a tool to use. I obviously did not have the right thing.
I eventually unscrewed the screws at each side of the beige thing and manage to pull the end off that - inside was a rubber seal (which looked OK) and something that looked like a flow restrictor or something.
I re-assembled it, put the blue connector back onto the copper pipe, re-opened the isolation valve and no leak (for now).
Are these two parts supposed to separate? If so, how do you go about it? Is there anything useful / serviceable in-between the beige barrel, the clear collar and the blue connector? Maybe a washer or seal?
What do we call this type of connector?
I'm just trying to get my head around things, so any information would be quite useful to me, even though I may not still have (fingers-crossed) an immediate water problem.