How can I tidy this up?

[budest]

Hey guys,

As per title? I'm getting leaks around the 15mm nuts on the small length of copper connected to the isolation valve. The obvious is to replace the isolation valve, replace the pipe and nuts and replace flexi. But that's the obvious to a novice.

What would you pros do?

 

[Dan Robinson]

Well, we don't slather the fittings with PTFE for a start.

What is that supplying? A WC?

 

[Dan Robinson]

Nuts don't look correct for the fittings either, so I wonder if they've been over tightened too?

Replace everything downstream of the valve and assemble the new stuff correctly.

 

[budest]

Nuts don't look correct for the fittings either, so I wonder if they've been over tightened too?

Replace everything downstream of the valve and assemble the new stuff correctly.

Thanks.

When you say that nuts don't look correct, can you elaborate?

 

[Dan Robinson]

Top one is brass against the Flexi's chrome. One on the valve outlet looks different from its mate.

Whilst they will probably be fine operationally, it just casts the whole assembly in the same bodged light as the mess of the PTFE.

 

[budest]

Top one is brass against the Flexi's chrome. One on the valve outlet looks different from its mate.

Whilst they will probably be fine operationally, it just casts the whole assembly in the same bodged light as the mess of the PTFE.

What about a flexi straight to pipe coming up from floor? Any issues with doing this?

 

[Dan Robinson]

You'll have no service valve.

 

[dilalio]

What would you pros do?

We'd 'plumberize' it and stop it from leaking

 

[budest]

You'll have no service valve.

Was thinking of a flexi with isolation valve on it.

 

[Dan Robinson]

It would be an improvement.

 

[Madrab]

Switch off water, disconnect flexi from toilet, undo bottom nut on valve, new flexi with iso built in. Couple of wraps of tape around the olive only on the bottom pipe, connect flexi to toilet, hand tight then a 1/4 turn, then reconnect iso end back onto pipe, tighten by hand then nip it up with tools.

 

[budest]

Switch off water, disconnect flexi from toilet, undo bottom nut on valve, new flexi with iso built in. Couple of wraps of tape around the olive only on the bottom pipe, connect flexi to toilet, hand tight then a 1/4 turn, then reconnect iso end back onto pipe, tighten by hand then nip it up with tools.

Thanks mate. I know the after pic looks as if the pipe is being pulled to the left due to flexi being tight but that isn't the case. It's just the angle of the picture.

 

[Madrab]

Lol....naaaaaahhh, the flexi is too tight and it's pulling the pipe over Either that or that straight wall, the level floor and the panel to the right are all out a mile

 

[budest]

Lol....naaaaaahhh, the flexi is too tight and it's pulling the pipe over Either that or that straight wall, the level floor and the panel to the right are all out a mile

LOL there's sufficient play on the flexi though. The copper pipe coming up through the floor has a slight amount of play on it. What do you advise then, adding a coupler at the cistern end to add a bit of length? The 500mm flexi is far too big.

 

[FiremanT]

Thanks mate. I know the after pic looks as if the pipe is being pulled to the left due to flexi being tight but that isn't the case. It's just the angle of the picture.

It is still an eyesore.

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