I live in a very rural place in Scotland and am reasonably competent with most DIY. I'm replacing a very old solid fuel Rayburn with an almost new Rayburn SFW, the pipework is fine but I don't know which thread sealant to use with the male brass 1"BSI fitting for the steel female 1"BSI.
I removed the original fitting as it was an elbow which is not suitable. I've cleaned out the original female which had a lot of gunk in the threads which looked like white putty, possibly Boss White with PTFE tape.
I've searched the forum but no joy, I've seen a lot of mention of Boss White & hemp, I have these but don't know how to use them. I see loctite 55 often, but am worried about damaging the threads, I watched the video, but once this is connected it will be difficult to deal with if a leak appears after filling with water. A dry run suggests the fit will be very tight, the bottom fitting has no visible thread, so I'm going by that.
Can anyone advise please?
I removed the original fitting as it was an elbow which is not suitable. I've cleaned out the original female which had a lot of gunk in the threads which looked like white putty, possibly Boss White with PTFE tape.
I've searched the forum but no joy, I've seen a lot of mention of Boss White & hemp, I have these but don't know how to use them. I see loctite 55 often, but am worried about damaging the threads, I watched the video, but once this is connected it will be difficult to deal with if a leak appears after filling with water. A dry run suggests the fit will be very tight, the bottom fitting has no visible thread, so I'm going by that.
Can anyone advise please?