Gas PTFE tape vs.water PTFE tape

[oilboffin]

Do you know DIY gas makes me sick,I spent many years as a retained fireman and have seen loads of gas bangs which have resulted in bad injuries and in a few worse.Get real not only could you kill your family but also your friends family then how would you feel.Prat.

 

[PullerGas]

Do you know DIY gas makes me sick,I spent many years as a retained fireman and have seen loads of gas bangs which have resulted in bad injuries and in a few worse.Get real not only could you kill your family but also your friends family then how would you feel.Prat.

That's the amazing thing about this forum; Camberwick Green & all the other Google Warriors have the run of the place, handing out incorrect gas advice to the DaftyDIYers. You couldn't make it up??!!!!

 

[oilboffin]

Whoa sir dick don't forget I'm on your side mate I hate DIY gas.Bob

 

[Steelmasons]

Let em crack on Dickie..

 

[Steelmasons]

I realize this thread is old but I used White PTFE plumbing tape (before i knew any better)to fit a friends gas cooker in 13 years ago and done my own 6 years ago. Both houses get the annual safety check and have always passed.

A moot point considering a LLGSC (CP12) doesn't require a tightness test to be carried out.

 

[Steelmasons]

the price of getting a gas fitter to put a bit of tape round a thread and screwing it in

I guess we can forget about a tightness test/stability bracket/levelling cooker/testing FSD/ventilation/correct position of bayonet in relation to length of cooker hose/whether a side entry backplate elbow might be required.......
What a fookin **** you are...

 

[Stadan20]

Wow ten pages ,,, haven't seen pages 2-10 but normal Ptfe is fine , just seen a comment about a cp12 with tt not needed , no it's not needed, but if your rough as fook then you won't carry out one ,,, last engineer out , 4 mins isn't fook all

 

[Steelmasons]

Wow ten pages ,,, haven't seen pages 2-10 but normal Ptfe is fine , just seen a comment about a cp12 with tt not needed , no it's not needed, but if your rough as fook then you won't carry out one ,,, last engineer out , 4 mins isn't fook all

... Just sayin.

 

[Luigi Macaroni]

Sorry to resurrect an old thread. I’ve had a quick flick through. It made me chuckle so thought id comment. For the record I’m not a gas qualified genius of flammable gases but having worked on industry for 20 years I thought I’d stick my beak in. In fact the reason I thought I would was a comment from a member “Agile” who on the first page commented that with parallel threads a lot of plumbers struggle to seal with PTFE. That made me chuckle a lot. Any plumber trying to seal a parallel thread be it gas or water wants his brains dusting. There’s a simple reason, BSPT threads are sealed with PTFE or similar whereas BSPP threads are DESIGNED to be sealed with a washer. Traditionally fibre or copper but nowadays a dowty seal. If my apprentice started wrapping a parallel thread with PTFE he’s in for some trouble. And as for fancy sealing pastes etc. I dare any man to try and seal pure oxygen fittings or similar with a sealing paste on a parallel thread.....you think gas explosions aren’t fun...wait till you see pure oxygen find grease!!!



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