I fitted some new bath taps yesterday but had hell of a job with a small
leak. They look similar to this:

http://fl1.shopmania.org/files/photo...t_40138945.jpg

Two pipes come out of the wall, one hot, one cold, approx 6 inches apart
and present a male brass screw thread. The tap is a mixer with female
matching threads and is supplied with the little black rubber washers.
There is a chrome nut on each to simply tighten the taps on. Simple in
theory, just hand tighten and an extra small turn with a spanner.

Turned on the water and the cold join leaked a little. Tightened a
little more with the spanner, still leaked. Undid both joints and put
some PTFE tape around the threads and connected up again. This time the
cold joint was fine but the hot one leaked a little. Dismantled and
reconnected again with fresh PTFE tape and both leaked a little.
Dismantled again and replaced the black rubber washers, one of which
looked a bit dented from a bit of over-tightening trying to stop the
leak. This time there is a very small leak on the hot side.

Any tips on how to resolve this? Am I doing something wrong? Would some
silicone grease on the threads help? Would using two rubber washers
instead of one help? I'm wondering if the two pipes coming out of the
wall are very slightly misaligned forcing at least one joint slightly
out of sealing properly.

It didn't help that the woman I was doing the job for wore only a skimpy
semi-transparent nighty and thong all the time I was in her apartment
and kept distracting me. What is it with young women nowadays? Are
plumbers that popular or was she just too idle to get dressed that day?

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On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 17:38:45 +0200, David in Normandy
wrote:

I fitted some new bath taps yesterday but had hell of a job with a small
leak. They look similar to this:

http://fl1.shopmania.org/files/photo...t_40138945.jpg

Two pipes come out of the wall, one hot, one cold, approx 6 inches apart
and present a male brass screw thread. The tap is a mixer with female
matching threads and is supplied with the little black rubber washers.
There is a chrome nut on each to simply tighten the taps on. Simple in
theory, just hand tighten and an extra small turn with a spanner.

Turned on the water and the cold join leaked a little. Tightened a
little more with the spanner, still leaked. Undid both joints and put
some PTFE tape around the threads and connected up again. This time the
cold joint was fine but the hot one leaked a little. Dismantled and
reconnected again with fresh PTFE tape and both leaked a little.
Dismantled again and replaced the black rubber washers, one of which
looked a bit dented from a bit of over-tightening trying to stop the
leak. This time there is a very small leak on the hot side.

Any tips on how to resolve this? Am I doing something wrong? Would some
silicone grease on the threads help? Would using two rubber washers
instead of one help? I'm wondering if the two pipes coming out of the
wall are very slightly misaligned forcing at least one joint slightly
out of sealing properly.

It didn't help that the woman I was doing the job for wore only a skimpy
semi-transparent nighty and thong all the time I was in her apartment
and kept distracting me. What is it with young women nowadays? Are
plumbers that popular or was she just too idle to get dressed that day?

The pipes were not exactly the correct distance apart so the sealing
faces were not parallel to each other. Always a trouble with this
fitting.

It didn't help that the woman I was doing the job for wore only a skimpy
semi-transparent nighty and thong all the time I was in her apartment
and kept distracting me. What is it with young women nowadays? Are
plumbers that popular or was she just too idle to get dressed that day?


The pipes were not exactly the correct distance apart so the sealing
faces were not parallel to each other. Always a trouble with this
fitting.

but what about his problem with the taps?

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember David in Normandy
saying something like:

It didn't help that the woman I was doing the job for wore only a skimpy
semi-transparent nighty and thong all the time I was in her apartment
and kept distracting me. What is it with young women nowadays? Are
plumbers that popular or was she just too idle to get dressed that day?

Ah, you didn't spot the hidden cameras, then?

David in Normandy wrote:


It didn't help that the woman I was doing the job for wore only a skimpy
semi-transparent nighty and thong all the time I was in her apartment
and kept distracting me. What is it with young women nowadays? Are
plumbers that popular or was she just too idle to get dressed that day?


Pics or it didn't happen

:-

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Tim Watts

On 29/07/2011 20:43, Ericp wrote:

The pipes were not exactly the correct distance apart so the sealing
faces were not parallel to each other. Always a trouble with this
fitting.

Thanks, I did wonder if this might be the problem. The tricky bit is
finding a solution, because one still has a slight leak. It isn't
readily feasible to realign the pipes in the wall. If they are out just
a fraction will using two rubber washers instead of one help? Maybe with
a smear of silicone grease between the two washers?

Anyone?

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Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember David in Normandy
saying something like:

It didn't help that the woman I was doing the job for wore only a skimpy
semi-transparent nighty and thong all the time I was in her apartment
and kept distracting me. What is it with young women nowadays? Are
plumbers that popular or was she just too idle to get dressed that day?

Ah, you didn't spot the hidden cameras, then?

His attention was directed elsewhere. To the taps, I mean.

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Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember David in Normandy
saying something like:

It didn't help that the woman I was doing the job for wore only a skimpy
semi-transparent nighty and thong all the time I was in her apartment
and kept distracting me. What is it with young women nowadays? Are
plumbers that popular or was she just too idle to get dressed that day?

Ah, you didn't spot the hidden cameras, then?

His attention was directed elsewhere. To the taps, I mean.

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Behind another Elephant
Behind /another/ Elephant who isn't really there....
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