On 03/18/2017 07:37 AM, Wade Garrett wrote:
On 3/18/17 8:22 AM, Joe Mayer wrote:
I have 120psi water pressure at my house and am having a hard time
getting a complete seal on the water connections of my tub faucet.
I had to use a couple of brass adapters to go from a 1/2" copper line
to a
3/4" brass connection, so I have more joints than usual. I am using
teflon
tape on all the joints and keep getting a little seepage around the
joints.
The previous connections on the old faucet with 1/2" connectors were
what I
think are called slip joints, using cone-shaped rubber washer. The brass
fittings do not have any kind of compression joint or washer to seal off
the
water, except on the end that connects to the copper line, where a
compression ring seems to be sealing just fine. The other connections
depend on the sealant on the threads. Should I be using permanent pipe
sealer at the threads that do not connect directly to the faucet and the
water line? Or is there something better than teflon tape that I should
use on the joints? I am wrapping about 2 layers of the teflon tape
around
the male connectors, starting at the first threads of each joint.


Install a pressure reducer, dude! You're running twice what you should
be...




That was the first thing I thought.

120 PSI is insane