Leaking Radiator Valve - plumbers mait?

dantheman2010

Thank you everyone. I will just leave it down to the plumber.

What is jointing compound and where would I get it? Is there a brand name? Thanks

keystone

dantheman2010 wrote: »

Thank you everyone. I will just leave it down to the plumber.

Au plaisir.

What is jointing compound and where would I get it? Is there a brand name? Thanks

Andy gave you the name one of the better known brands - Bosswhite - in an earlier post. Hawkwhite is another. Any plumbers merchant.

Cheers

dantheman2010

Thanks very much. I may just nip and get some, I suppose always handy to have around.

One more (perhaps last) question, I know what has been said above but I take it that bosswhite etc is not designed to just slap on/apply to any drip on a plumbing appliance as a temporary measure?

alanobrien

keystone wrote: »

Only if you use it as an alternative to jointing compound. Plastering it around the nut will only contain the leak not stop it. The solution is either to make the joint properly or remake it

Containing a leak is the same as stopping it.
However, i would recommend removing the nut and applying the compound as its supposed to be used, i.e. per the instructions.

keystone wrote: »

No substitute for the real thing.

Totally disagree, the B&Q version is just as good, i have used it sucessfully on many many installations.

keystone wrote: »

Why pay nearly 7 quid at a shed for it when you can mostly get it from a plumbers merchant for less than £5 and I got my last tube for less than £4!

That link was a pointer to the product for the OP not a recommendation to obtain it there.
My last tube of the B&Q version was less than £2.50.
As this is a moneysaving site I'll stick with that thanks.

keystone

alanobrien wrote: »

Containing a leak is the same as stopping it.

Well IMHO it isn't its treating the symptom not the cause and is thus an unprofessional bodge.

However, i would recommend removing the nut and applying the compound as its supposed to be used, i.e. per the instructions.

The only evidence we have is that the plumber who fitted it seems not to have nipped the nut up enough (notwithstanding the possibility that he may have crushed the olive). There is no eveidence that the plumber has not used the jointing compound per instructions. Its down to him to fix it in the context of this thread not the OP to bodge it.

Totally disagree,

Your privelege - no problem.

the B&Q version is just as good,

In your opinion which is just as valid as mine.

i have used it sucessfully on many many installations.

I'm pleased for you. I won't use shed own brand carp anything - but thats just my opinion.

That link was a pointer to the product for the OP not a recommendation to obtain it there

That is, however, not the impression that your post gave. A link to the Fernox site might have been unambiguous.

My last tube of the B&Q version was less than £2.50.
As this is a moneysaving site I'll stick with that thanks.

Thats your privelege.

Cheers

iamcornholio

dantheman2010 wrote: »

the water, very very small amount is coming from underneath the nut, from the gap where the copper pipe goes into the nut.

That is where it leaks from!

The nut needs tightening to pull the olive tight to the pipe and tight into the seat on the fitting/radiator

If that does not work then the nut needs undoing and some PTFE or Plumbajoint/Fernox LSX used on the thread - not the olive

Boss white sets hard so not much good for servicing. And nothing applied to the outside of a fitting will stop a leak

The drip may stop once the system heats up for a bit

keystone

Yes we established that yesterday thats why this morning OP called the plumber who did the job on advice from here to get his backside back and sort it. Sorry if that comes over as offensive - its not meant to be but its been a long day.

PTFE/jointing compund on the thread does absolultely nothing for a seal. Its the olive that does the work.

Cheers

iamcornholio

I knew that

I just thought it would be useful for his next leak, when the plumber is on holiday

keystone

iamcornholio wrote: »

I knew that

I just thought it would be useful for his next leak, when the plumber is on holiday

Touche.

Cheers