Mono block flexi tails

[Mgrant]

Do people tend to just screw thi s in hand tight. I no a lot of instructions say this. I do tend to like giving a tiny nip up after if they is space to get a spanner in.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Yes if it's a recessed connection but if I can get a spanner on it I give it a 1/4 of a nip up

 

[Mgrant]

Thanks we do exactly the same then

 

[Harvest Fields]

Thanks we do exactly the same then

And me!!

 

[ShaunCorbs]

If unsure or cheap tap and don't like the feel of the flexi tight normally whip it out and o ring off and use some 577 on the threads

 

[Stigster]

Being an o-ring it seals by its position, being trapped in the groove and within the female tapping on the tap body, not by how tight they are done up like with a washer or compression fitting.

As long as the flexi cannot unscrew, which it can't because it is fixed firmly at the other end, hand tight is as good a seal as doing it up with tools.

 

[AWheating]

I use spit

 

[JCplumb]

That 'wee nip with a spanner' after years of hot and cold could mean it needs destroying to get off at a later date. Completely unnecessary in my opinion. As above, the o-ring makes the seal. Hand tight only for me every time.

 

[Matt0029]

Hand tight, on most I seem to fit now you can't get in with a spanner anyway.