I've got a garden tap which leaks. A new washer stops the leak completely, but two or three months later it's piddling all over my patio again. Surely a standard washer (red in colour-fiber) should last longer than that--or is there another problem I'm missing??
Leaking Garden Tap
- Thread starter Warthog
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a garden tap fits into a wall plate that doesn't use a fibre washer just wrap ptfe tape round the thread.
Are you wrapping the male threads with PTFE? 
Hi Spec & Bahco
Thanks for your replies.
The leak is at the point where the tap screws into a vertical cold water pipe and there is a fibre washer there (I've changed it twice--good for a couple months each time!). Yes, I have wrapped the threads with PTFE--but that can't last forever can it?
Thanks for your replies.
The leak is at the point where the tap screws into a vertical cold water pipe and there is a fibre washer there (I've changed it twice--good for a couple months each time!). Yes, I have wrapped the threads with PTFE--but that can't last forever can it?
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is this what it is screwed in to
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat...HZOSFFA?productId=44390&imageNo=null&ts=60530
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat...HZOSFFA?productId=44390&imageNo=null&ts=60530
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