Shower compression joint problem

[dilalio]

I have a leaky rad valve to change in the same bathroom, bloody tilers broke it.

Did he do the panelling?
That's likely what dented the pipe for the shower too!

 

[Scally-Ho]

I can pass on a sure-fire way to make that joint watertight. Tighten the olive/ring onto the pipe by spanner and the back it off. Wind a twiff of hemp onto the ring edge fore and aft before a thin smear of boss white or similar and then retighten up the joint .. ., voila, you have a watertight joint. That method works on the old cap-and-lining principal of lead piping and in those days plumbers were actually plumbers.

 

[dilalio]

Cheers dilalio, will go & grab some jointing paste to add to my collection.

Get hawk white then you can use it on potable joints too.

Or locktite 55 because it has a jointing compound within it.

 

[dilalio]

those days plumbers were actually plumbers.

And got lead poisoning.
Lol.
"Off to buy some hemp from screwfix love"

 

[ChrisJLW]

I did the panels & was bloody careful with them. No metal.tools were used by me in the vicinity of the pipes.

 

[Madrab]

If trying tape then suggest you get gas PTFE - much thicker and will bridge the gap around the olive better.

 

[ChrisJLW]

All sorted, no leaks, happy days.

Thanks for all the advice.

 

[dilalio]

All sorted, no leaks, happy days.

Thanks for all the advice.

And the solution was?

 

[ChrisJLW]

Copper olive, gas ptfe tape and a wee bit of jointing compound round the edge of the male part of the fitting.