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[Best]

No PTFE or paste on compression joints at all and I don't get any leaks - if one weeps I pinch it up and job is done! . . . .

Surely you will have leaks if you do every compression joint dry?
A seized up fitting or one with a slight bit of white corrosion on the brass fitting or green at pipe is a leak, slight that it may be! I have never seen a job full of unpasted brass compression joints that hasn't leaks, especially with the cheap fittings nowadays.

 

[Keefy]

Surely you will have leaks if you do every compression joint dry?

Neve ever had one.

 

[Koogatubac]

Supper plumb,

You r a inspiration to us plumbers, why the hell have we spent years and years understanding the trade when you come and do jobs like this.

Seriously... Your obviously incapable of understanding the VERY basics in how a olive seals onto the pipe.

Give up plumbing or join a REAL plumber who can teach you.

This has to be a wind up...

 

[Keefy]

we spent years and years understanding the trade

If there's a 2mbar drop on a U6 with existing app...

 

[Koogatubac]

If there's a 2mbar drop on a U6 with existing app...

Wtf this about?! Lol

 

[Keefy]

Wtf this about?! Lol

Secret stuff.

 

[Koogatubac]

O god, just read it, im not getting involved lol cba

 

[Best]

Neve ever had one.

Never one leak? Not even microscopic leaks that appear as corrosion, weeks, months or years later?
Do you ever use standard compression fittings, or ballofix valves for example? You will have leaks without paste. There is no magic touch a plumber can do that will make tightening a nut a special leak proof job.

 

[Kyle87]

Never one leak? Not even microscopic leaks that appear as corrosion, weeks, months or years later?
Do you ever use standard compression fittings, or ballofix valves for example? You will have leaks without paste. There is no magic touch a plumber can do that will make tightening a nut a special leak proof job.

Stop bullying keefy or ill report you!!

 

[Keefy]

Never one leak? Not even microscopic leaks that appear as corrosion, weeks, months or years later?
Do you ever use standard compression fittings, or ballofix valves for example? You will have leaks without paste. There is no magic touch a plumber can do that will make tightening a nut a special leak proof job.

Still waiting for my first leak, it'll come one day I know that, but so far I've had none. For some reason though, I bought a tub of JetBlue today. Subliminal thought in my head from reading this thread I suppose?

I don't know why it's so hard to believe there are people out there who have always done their compression fittings right. I never leave a job without checking round every joint I've done.

 

[Best]

Stop bullying keefy or ill report you!!

Okay, - I will leave him alone & bully somebody else instead! Lol! :smile:

 

[Keefy]

Okay, - I will leave him alone & bully somebody else instead! Lol! :smile:

No! I want you to carry on.

 

[Best]

Still waiting for my first leak, it'll come one day I know that, but so far I've had none. For some reason though, I bought a tub of JetBlue today. Subliminal thought in my head from reading this thread I suppose?

I don't know why it's so hard to believe there are people out there who have always done their compression fittings right. I never leave a job without checking round every joint I've done.

You shouldn't need to check every joint if you compress them properly & with paste. Still better to check though.
In all seriousness though, - a compression fitting "done right" without paste will mean I assume - the pipe undamaged, full in to fitting & in line & not over or under tightened? Most fittings I see done by others that have slight leaks - when I slacken them they are usually fine & not for example overtightened.
Remember slight leaks are invisible. Paste will seal them.

 

[Keefy]

Remember slight leaks are invisible. Paste will seal them.

I check with tissue and a dusty finger. I make sure I do this in front of the customer as I'm tidying away my tools. I dry off any wet pipe and fittings with a tissue/kitcen towel or the like and make sure the customer is watching, I then use my dusty fingers to do the same and it's guranteed the customer is watching your fingers like a hawk expecting them to be wet like the tissue. If its all dry then I'm happy and I know the customer has confirmed there are no leaks with me.

I talk them through everything I'm doing - if they're at all interested like.

 

[Best]

I check with tissue and a dusty finger.

I talk them through everything I'm doing - if they're at all interested like.

But a tissue or your finger will only pick up a drip, - not a very slight dampness that may evaporate almost before appearing.
You must bore people showing them each joint, - try using paste & save time by confidently leaving in the knowledge there will be no weeps ever! :smile: