connected the taps before the bath was secured in place. had a fair bit of movement with the flex's, so could get behind the bath to connect them, then secure the bath in place afterwards 
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hope you never have to change them
Im a plumber who fits bathrooms for a living and all i can say
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Great job !! wanna a job
Im a plumber who fits bathrooms for a living and all i can say
is
Great job !! wanna a job
Can I see PTFE tape on the thread of your compression joints?
maybe? which pic? why is that wrong? and if it is, why is it wrong? last time I let a carpet fitter loose with my plumbing! lol
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Why would that be a problem????? :
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Why would that be a problem????? :
PTFE tape isn't needed on compression joints. A light smear of jointing compound (eg. Boss White) if you must put something on.
Great job by the way!!
Only words of caution is I hope you invested in good quality bath taps. Those will be a bugger to replace if not.
It always makes me wonder why people insist on putting ptfe (polytetraflouroethylene) tape on compression joints. They need nothing on them!
They work by the compression of a softer olive etc, being squashed (compressed!!) against the pipe itself, to create a watertight, gastight seal.
Never understood it. PTFE tape can be used on threaded joints, hence it's often called thread tape.
Anyway, hope it doesn't leak. It's not likely to, but not because the tape was put on it.
They work by the compression of a softer olive etc, being squashed (compressed!!) against the pipe itself, to create a watertight, gastight seal.
Never understood it. PTFE tape can be used on threaded joints, hence it's often called thread tape.
Anyway, hope it doesn't leak. It's not likely to, but not because the tape was put on it.
Typical, I have the same problem.
You do a very nice job, then your partner clutters it up with all that kak at the nicely tiled end of the bath.
You do a very nice job, then your partner clutters it up with all that kak at the nicely tiled end of the bath.
Typical, I have the same problem.
You do a very nice job, then your partner clutters it up with all that kak at the nicely tiled end of the bath.
Ditto
Typical, I have the same problem.
You do a very nice job, then your partner clutters it up with all that kak at the nicely tiled end of the bath.
When I did ours, instead of tiling the whole bit at the end I made a recess to fit a tray, which is filled with marble chips with little candles and a plant on top... stops the missus cluttering it up without annoying her because "it looks pretty".
Typical, I have the same problem.
You do a very nice job, then your partner clutters it up with all that kak at the nicely tiled end of the bath.
When I did ours, instead of tiling the whole bit at the end I made a recess to fit a tray, which is filled with marble chips with little candles and a plant on top... stops the missus cluttering it up without annoying her because "it looks pretty".
Good plan, always helps if it's pretty. Maybe if I make my newly plastered and painted walls pretty enough it will stop the love of my life hammering nails in everywhere to hang pics....
A friend of mine who helped me fit my electric shower insisted that you had to put PTFE tape on compression fittings, or they would start to leak after about 6 months. I tried to explain to him how it was the olive that made it watertight, not the thread etc etc, but he wouldn't believe me...
I suppose the only argument for it is if you're in a situation where there could be a a lot of vibration, the PTFE tape will make the thread 'tighter' (similar to how a nylock nut works), so it's less likely to come loose?
I suppose the only argument for it is if you're in a situation where there could be a a lot of vibration, the PTFE tape will make the thread 'tighter' (similar to how a nylock nut works), so it's less likely to come loose?
only used ptfe on compressions where the nut has been nipped up too tight and squashed the olive so far into copper that it then wont nip up tight enough to form a seal. normally its dark, late, outside, raining, cold, etc and if it holds, it stays!
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