HELP! Day before Christmas Eve, and a leaking compression joint on an isolation valve that connects the feed pipe to a radiator. Carpet soaked, people coming...
I've tightened the joint as much as I dare and it hasn't stopped dripping. Maybe now overtightened?
I can't disassemble and try a new olive, because the isolation valve seems not to be working (or it does work and the drip is from water from the radiator side?
And I can't drain down the system as guests are from overseas, with little babies, and they need to be warm!
Is there a product (likely to be available before shops close on Christmas Eve) I can wrap around the fitting, or which will stem the drip, until I can get a plumber in after the hols, or tackle myself when my guests have all gone?
Most repair suggestions assume turning off the water first, which cant do in this situation!
I've tightened the joint as much as I dare and it hasn't stopped dripping. Maybe now overtightened?
I can't disassemble and try a new olive, because the isolation valve seems not to be working (or it does work and the drip is from water from the radiator side?
And I can't drain down the system as guests are from overseas, with little babies, and they need to be warm!
Is there a product (likely to be available before shops close on Christmas Eve) I can wrap around the fitting, or which will stem the drip, until I can get a plumber in after the hols, or tackle myself when my guests have all gone?
Most repair suggestions assume turning off the water first, which cant do in this situation!