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I have had no end of trouble recently fitting a heated towel rail. First problem is tightening the fittings so that it is tight in the correct position/orientation for the flow/return pipework, these have o rings for sealing but are not always water tight at the correct position. Also some of the other joints are not sealing even having used ptfe tape, is there a liquid sealer that is used to ensure these joints seal first time as I am fed up with fitting and then removing this towel rail. Any help would be appreciated.Ta
 
22-25 wraps of ptfe
 
The problem with some towel rails are they only have a few threads to to screw into.
The rubber o-ring should be enough, unless the face of where you are screwing is not flat - which is often.

I roll the PTFE into a string and put quite a few threads of PTFE close to the rubber o-ring and then tighten it up.

Seems to work
 

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