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MDPE olives
A couple of years or so ago our water mains were replaced and the
company used blue MDPE connected to a brass stopcock. This has been leaking for a while - getting to a steady drip-drip-drip the other day. Have tightened it up as much as I feel comfortable, about 190 degrees extra turn of the nut. Rather sadly, it is still weeping. With other pipework, I'd happily undo it, trim a bit off if needed, replace the olive and do it up again. Having never touched MDPE before, I am in the area of assumptions. Like, I assume there is an olive in there (how could it grip otherwise - I don't know)! I assume the olive is a special size. Can I buy the appropriate olive without replacing the stopcock? Can't see one (other than standard 10/15/22/28 mm ones) on Screwfix or Toolstation. -- Rod |
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