On 24/01/2010 19:17, 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?



Probably because the Readers' Digest Complete Do-It-Yourself Manual
circa 1978 neglected to mention it...