I have lived at this house for over 10 years and it has been interesting keeping things working.
The latest issue is a weeping kitchen mixer tap. Probably been gently weeping since I moved in but always blamed the slight damp on somthing else. Took it apart and look what I found. Standard tap fitting presented to a tap that clearly appears to have an olive fitting. Both fittings for hot and cold the same albeit wrapped in some serious PTFE tape.
Currently no Kitchen tap and pipe ends sealed with simple isolation valves. Is there any way I can get these fittings to mate sensibly or should I just make up a couple of 's's with my pipe bender to fit to new isolation valves and fit properly to taps with olive fitting.
One other quick question, the brass olives are a little loose on the 15mm pipe for my liking. Is there any problem with just packing them with a couple of wraps of PTFE on the pipe and olive positioned on top?
Thanks
The latest issue is a weeping kitchen mixer tap. Probably been gently weeping since I moved in but always blamed the slight damp on somthing else. Took it apart and look what I found. Standard tap fitting presented to a tap that clearly appears to have an olive fitting. Both fittings for hot and cold the same albeit wrapped in some serious PTFE tape.
Currently no Kitchen tap and pipe ends sealed with simple isolation valves. Is there any way I can get these fittings to mate sensibly or should I just make up a couple of 's's with my pipe bender to fit to new isolation valves and fit properly to taps with olive fitting.
One other quick question, the brass olives are a little loose on the 15mm pipe for my liking. Is there any problem with just packing them with a couple of wraps of PTFE on the pipe and olive positioned on top?
Thanks