Sealing olives

[OffshoreGas]

There seem to be a few camp on compression fittings, some people just fit an olive, others olive with PTFE tape and a third group olive and paste.

I’ve never bothered with tape etc and never had an olive leak.

Are the other options a DIY thing or are people taught one to the olive + tape etc?

 

[king of pipes]

No olive and a quality potable universal paste for me , Gas wise we are encouraged to use no paste but unless you are using Prestex , or Conex I will still add a small amount to the pipe not into a fitting belt and braces , the only time I would use ptfe on a olive is connecting a compression fitting to Hep or speedfit . Kop

 

[OffshoreGas]

No olive and a quality potable universal paste for me , Gas wise we are encouraged to use no paste but unless you are using Prestex , or Conex I will still add a small amount to the pipe not into a fitting belt and braces , the only time I would use ptfe on a olive is connecting a compression fitting to Hep or speedfit . Kop

You don’t use the copper bit with one of these?

 

[townfanjon]

I think its a typo lol , I would like to see it work without the olive

 

[OffshoreGas]

I think its a typo lol , I would like to see it work without the olive

Maybe Rob really is the King of Pipes?

 

[JKG]

Bit of paste around the olive for me that’s how I was taught and stuck with it

 

[Ben-gee]

Bit of paste on the olive’s shoulders for me, I like to think it’s because of poor quality fittings rather than poor quality plumbing.....but either way it seems to work!

 

[OffshoreGas]

Would be considered deviation from MI’s in my world to use tape or paste on an olive. Interesting to know, thanks gents.

 

[Ben-gee]

You’ll find the domestic plumbing world is all about deviation from all sorts of things - it’s a question of making it work with what’s already there and this often involves a good deal of improvisation.

For me that is half the fun - and why imho experience and lateral thinking are needed as much as ‘qualifications’

 

[OffshoreGas]

You’ll find the domestic plumbing world is all about deviation from all sorts of things - it’s a question of making it work with what’s already there and this often involves a good deal of improvisation.

For me that is half the fun - and why imho experience and lateral thinking are needed as much as ‘qualifications’

We do plenty of stuff Blue Peter would be proud of too but I’ve never been in a situation where a properly cleaned/prepared pipe didn’t seal with an olive. If I see thread tape sticking out the back of a fitting it immediately screams DIY. Wasn’t sure if this was actually accepted practice in some situations.