I suspect it was a plumber. They'd wrapped PTFE tape around the spark plugs.
I've got 4 inside my boat. :) Admittedly it's just for the cooker.
...bender. I should have bought a better pipe bender, I agree, but no PTFE tape in sight and hopefully no leaks. What's done is done and may, as...
...Yes compression fittings look cool, but can be annoying until you get that balance between sealing and crushing the olive..without TLB PTFE.. ]
She only had leccy tape!
Did she try wrapping PTFE tape round it?
Yep the electrical one, silver with a red stripe.. :thumbsup:
Ptfe tape?
All was good
Needed PTFE...!
Too late now, I've ordered the new part, what with the old one being cracked as well. I'm sure a lot of the suggestions would have worked as well and...
Second reply had it ......liquid PTFE will sort it easily, just dribble it on the olive, put it all back together and give it an hour to cure....job...
Hansgrohe. I'll say no more.
Plumbers mate works wonders. Not used ptfe tape in yonks
...distorted the copper has it? ( unlikely) can you try and poke PTFE tape in around the olive? It’s a faff but can work. I dislike inset shower...
Internal crack and the olive surface I'm tempted to cut to the chase and buy a new one - £30.95 delivered. Feeling the olive surface with my finger...
...You might be best trying some of that sealing stuff LS-X, some more ptfe, you know that you can't have too much of the stuff, and after the LS'X...
...wouldn’t stop weeping on the valve to rad connections. No amount of ptfe would stop the weep. LS-X sorted it, I was sceptical to try it but it’s...
Und Undo the nut to take the shower body off. Make some ptfe string and feed it inside the nut to try and make a seal between the nut and olive. Put...
Dunno. lol TBH can't work out what went wrong. I'd need to destroy the shower cubicle to completely replace the pipe though. I'm up for trying...
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