mixer tail pipes

plumb bob · 6 Jul 2004

Can someone help me please with difficulties I am having in making a water tight joint at the top of the tail pipes from my kitchen mixer tap. The tail pipes connect with a compression joint to the 15mm supply but when I tighten the compression fitting the tail pipe slackens in the tap. If the tap had a left hand thread everything would tighten against itself - but it doesn't. What am I doing wrong?

fitter · 6 Jul 2004

Use 2 spanners or grips, one on the compession joint body and one on the nut.

plumb bob · 7 Jul 2004

Thanks, Fitter, for the reply but as the nut turns it tries to turn the tail pipe. Do professionals have three hands so they can clamp the tail?

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