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Default towel rad - leaking from bottom valve tail fixing

On Saturday, 4 August 2018 14:44:05 UTC+1, George Ross wrote:
replying to Tom, George Ross wrote:


Tom lve got exactly the same problem, b q towel rail, l took my wife with me
and the rail l wanted was £30 dearer but she seen a cheep bargain, the
threads at the bottom were so course l knew that l would have problems so lm
going to follow the advice that you get, if that doesn't work back to b +q and
get dearer one
Good luck


IME linseed putty always fixes such things, though at times you may also need to pad it with either hemp or unravelled polypropylene rope (cheap rope).. Fill the threads with the linseed.


NT