"Dennis@home" wrote in message
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On 25/07/2014 21:03, harryagain wrote:
"Dennis@home" wrote in message
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On 24/07/2014 06:44, harryagain wrote:

Full of bollix as per usual.
If you want to be able to dissemble a pipe the correct fitting to use
is
a
union.
http://www.supplyhouse.com/Copper-Unions-131000

Threaded joints rapidly expend the female side and cease to be
water/gas
tight if tightened a few times.



Idiot, a tap connector is a union!
The thread has nothing to do with the seal.

A tap connector is not a union ****-fer-brains.
Don't you know the difference between parallel and taper threads?



unions are parallel and so are tap connectors, don't you know anything
about what you post about?

Unions (where threaded) have taper threads.
The mating surfaces have either a soft joint or are metal and conical.
Here you are ****-fer-brains.
Read the second line.
http://www.pipefittingsdirect.co.uk/.../en-uk/d8.html