fitting a bahroom suite

Canucklehead · 3 May 2010 at 2:50PM

Good afternoon: forget the PTFE...Loctite 55 is a superior product for threading. Might want to get a tube of this for your tool box as well.;)

HTH

Canucklehead

wallbash · 3 May 2010 at 4:35PM

Never tried Loctite 55 , will keep an eye open for that one

BIG fan of Fernox

mikey72 · 3 May 2010 at 5:24PM

1984ReturnsForReal wrote: »

Probably best to get someone else to turn the water on whilst you stay in the bathroom, if you can that is.

Well done for giving it a go...

As I always tell the customers, "don't worry when you see me running up the stairs, worry if you see me running back down again."

mikey72 · 3 May 2010 at 5:28PM

wallbash wrote: »

Never tried Loctite 55 , will keep an eye open for that one

BIG fan of Fernox

LS-X
Water Hawk and
Hawk White

Wouldn't be without them.

1984ReturnsForReal_2 · 3 May 2010 at 6:05PM

latecomer wrote: »

So you're saying that PTFE cannot stop a leak by being applied to the threads?

No.

There are 2 types of thread in plumbing.

Taper thread & Parrellel Treads

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_standard_pipe_thread

You put the PTFE where the seal is.

On a taper thread the thread is the seal.

On a parrellel thread the seal is is where the olive meets the fitting & pipe or the washer meets the fitting. So putting PTFE on a parrellel thread doesnt help form a seal it just helps fill a channel full of gunk & it is hit or miss whether it will permanently stop a leak or not...