On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:17:27 GMT, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:

What is it with plumbers & fibre washers in tap connectors?

Its actually rare to find one. Usual practice seems to be to wrap loads of
PTFE tape around the bottom of the connector & hope for the best.

Helping my daughters bloke remove entire bathroom today prior to refurb, not
one single tap connector had a washer, all bodged with PTFE.

Bearing in mind a bag of 100 is only £3 why don't people use them?

Last leak I had in my Alpha boiler was a failed fibre washer .I now
have a guy coming on Tuesday for another leak at the Filling Loop
connection .....will it be another washer failure ..time will tell.