Stayed in a hotel recently - the shower hose connectors at both ends leaked
badly. They were a mess of sealant and PTFE tape.

I reported it to the reception. She said the "plumber" had recently fixed
it - and she would call him back!

Presumably he doesn't know that a rubber washer is needed and the thread is
merely for providing a clamping force. I wondered if he really considered
himself to be a "plumber"?

DerbyBorn wrote:
Stayed in a hotel recently - the shower hose connectors at both ends
leaked badly. They were a mess of sealant and PTFE tape.

I reported it to the reception. She said the "plumber" had recently
fixed it - and she would call him back!

Presumably he doesn't know that a rubber washer is needed and the
thread is merely for providing a clamping force. I wondered if he
really considered himself to be a "plumber"?

When she said 'plumber', she actually meant the guy who does odd jobs for a
few quid here and there, probably an employee's dad or uncle.

On Sun, 29 Jan 2017 16:51:16 GMT, DerbyBorn
wrote:

Stayed in a hotel recently - the shower hose connectors at both ends leaked
badly. They were a mess of sealant and PTFE tape.

I reported it to the reception. She said the "plumber" had recently fixed
it - and she would call him back!


I stayed ay a b&b a few years ago, and when I pulled the plug after
shaving in the morning, the water took a long time to drain, which I
reported. Later, I realised that he had done all the work himself
using plastic piping, and that somewhere under floor was a length of
pipe inadequately supported that sagged when it got warm.

"DerbyBorn" wrote in message
2.236...
Stayed in a hotel recently - the shower hose connectors at both ends
leaked
badly. They were a mess of sealant and PTFE tape.

I reported it to the reception. She said the "plumber" had recently fixed
it - and she would call him back!

Presumably he doesn't know that a rubber washer is needed and the thread
is
merely for providing a clamping force. I wondered if he really considered
himself to be a "plumber"?





probably a poster to this group...tee hee

"Jim GM4DHJ ..." wrote in
:


"DerbyBorn" wrote in message
2.236...
Stayed in a hotel recently - the shower hose connectors at both ends
leaked
badly. They were a mess of sealant and PTFE tape.

I reported it to the reception. She said the "plumber" had recently
fixed it - and she would call him back!

Presumably he doesn't know that a rubber washer is needed and the
thread is
merely for providing a clamping force. I wondered if he really
considered himself to be a "plumber"?





probably a poster to this group...tee hee




I tend to think of "possession of PTFE Tape as implying some sort of
aptitude for plumbing."

In article 2,
DerbyBorn writes:

I tend to think of "possession of PTFE Tape as implying some sort of
aptitude for plumbing."

Inappropriate use of PTFE is also a good indiocation of a cluesless plumber.

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Andrew Gabriel
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On Mon, 30 Jan 2017 13:43:43 -0000 (UTC),
(Andrew Gabriel) wrote:

In article 2,
DerbyBorn writes:

I tend to think of "possession of PTFE Tape as implying some sort of
aptitude for plumbing."

Inappropriate use of PTFE is also a good indiocation of a cluesless plumber.

I believe the get-out is, "I applied PTFE to the threads as a
lubricant, not a sealant".


--

Graham.

%Profound_observation%

In article ,
Graham. writes:
On Mon, 30 Jan 2017 13:43:43 -0000 (UTC),
(Andrew Gabriel) wrote:

In article 2,
DerbyBorn writes:

I tend to think of "possession of PTFE Tape as implying some sort of
aptitude for plumbing."

Inappropriate use of PTFE is also a good indiocation of a cluesless plumber.

I believe the get-out is, "I applied PTFE to the threads as a
lubricant, not a sealant".

....and that's fine, but not when it's applied to the sealing
surfaces of compression fittings or cone joints.

My parents' [then] new ensuite plumbing started leaking ~6 months
after installation. All I had to do was take apart and remove the
PTFE from the sealing faces of the compression fittings (I was
lucky - once used, it will often deform the sealing faces so they
won't seal again, without bodging it with more PTFE).

--
Andrew Gabriel
[email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]

On Sunday, 29 January 2017 16:51:19 UTC, DerbyBorn wrote:
Stayed in a hotel recently - the shower hose connectors at both ends leaked
badly. They were a mess of sealant and PTFE tape.

I reported it to the reception. She said the "plumber" had recently fixed
it - and she would call him back!

probably a euphemism for 'I spent £1 on a tube of poundland sealant, so what's the problem?'

Presumably he doesn't know that a rubber washer is needed and the thread is
merely for providing a clamping force. I wondered if he really considered
himself to be a "plumber"?


NT

wrote in message
...
On Sunday, 29 January 2017 16:51:19 UTC, DerbyBorn wrote:
Stayed in a hotel recently - the shower hose connectors at both ends
leaked
badly. They were a mess of sealant and PTFE tape.

I reported it to the reception. She said the "plumber" had recently fixed
it - and she would call him back!

probably a euphemism for 'I spent £1 on a tube
of poundland sealant, so what's the problem?'

Unlikely too many receptionists do much plumbing.

Presumably he doesn't know that a rubber washer is needed and the thread
is
merely for providing a clamping force. I wondered if he really considered
himself to be a "plumber"?


NT