water butt leaking

Ditto

I bought a 210 litre water butt from Aldi a few weeks ago, trying to be environmentally aware etc;). Attached it to the down pipe on the extension and when we had some rain recently it filled up:)
But I noticed that the tap cannot be screwed tightly enough to stop the water leaking from around it. When the water butt was emptied I siliconed around the tap thinking that would stop the leak, it didn't.

What can I use to stop this leak, its pi$$ing me off that the water is just running away.

Thanks

Antispam

Probably need a new washer, I think they pretty standard

I had this problem last year but tightened the tap to solve the problem

ormus

taps and washers/nuts are flat, the water butt is round. thats the basic problem.
double up on the rubber washer, that may cure it.
either side if possible.

Ditto

There wasn't any washers with the butt. I thought silicone would have sealed the joint, next time I'm in b&q I'll buy a couple of rubber washers.

Thanks for the replies.

savemoney

My water butt although not Aldi one (got from evergreen.co.uk) came with a washer in the tap

ormus

when ive been stuck, say on a sunday PM, ive used old bike inner tubes cut up, for emergency washers.
they work fine.

27col

I expect that the silicone was squeezed out when the nut on the back of the tap was tightened. Some sort of rubber washers are definitely required.