I am by no means a plumber of any sort. But i have found, through advice, is
to snug the compression fitting expecting a leak when you turn the water on
and continue to tighten slowly until the leak stops. As above,
overtightening is bad for the seal.
"rile" wrote in message
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I am planning to install a freeze-free hose bib. I'd rather not sweat
the pipe and instead plan to use compression fittings. However, in the
past, it always seemed that no matter how tight I thought I had the
fitting, it always seems to drip and I would tighten until I was afraid
of snapping something. Is there some secret that I'm not aware of in
using them?