green gunge coming from the Megaflo

[Softus]

2. Brass compression couplings on copper pipe;

dry joint no doubt

Not a laughing matter - the leak reached the flat below, where a retired gent lived, and he was quite upset by it.

And no - invariably the joints weren't dry. On one of them (inside a Gledhill cabinet) the cause was exactly the reason why I detest jointing compound - the f***ing stuff was partly on the threads, making it difficult for the incompetent installer to tighten up to the correct torque.

FFS. Jointing compound. I ask you. Why not use wattle and daub?

 

[Softus]

I've seen 'o' rings with what looks like little 'nicks' in them. I generally think that they are so mass produced that you will get a certain amount of failures. How can they quality control all 'o' rings etc

I partly agree, which is why I:

(a) check every push-fit fitting by eye, before installing, to make that it has no missing or clearly damaged parts;

(b) disassemble every Hep2o fitting that I'm making onto copper tube, because otherwise the end of the tube can nick the 'O' ring;

(c) never use a Speedfit fitting onto copper where the joint is out of view, because they're harder/slower to disassemble; if I'm forced into doing it, then it has to be brand new copper cut with a brand new cutting wheel on a pipeclice.

 

[Timmyturtle]

POSH

Qué?

It was in a £600k 2 bed flat and was a very intricate moulding, not just curved ..that was all