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Just finished tiling and im fitting a wall hung geberit wc with a washlet which has its own water supply.

The kit for the install comes with a 90 deg elbow which i believe from the instruction pictures, is designed to screw into a threaded adapter at the end of the water supply.

Because i used a different brand toilet frame (v&b) that doesnt come with the supply pipe with threaded end, ive plumbed in a 15mm pipe for the feed.

What im unsure about is whether or not the elbow is actually a compression fitting and will it seal properly......
here it is (note the threaded sections are machined flat at the ends, hard to see in the photo)
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The thing im not sure about is that when offered up to a bit of 15mm, the pipe only sits inside the elbow by about 3mm as can be seen by the exposed pipe to the left side of the olive here
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in comparison, with a compression fitting, the pipe goes inside a good 10-15mm.

First thing i did was dig out a regular compression elbow from the tool box but then realised that the ends of the thread on the elbow supplied with the kit are machined flat for a flat fibre washer to go on one end where a flexi hose can be attached. Regular compression fittings dont have this feature so would just cut into a fibre washer

So, do you think the supplied elbow will be okay to use?

if not does anyone know of a 15mm compression elbow with threads that are machined flat at the ends that i can use?

hope that make sense and thanks
 
Use a comp elbow like you have but use a file / touch up with a grinder to make a flat instead of the cone that would cut the fibre
 
Ahh yes why didnt i think of that?
Thanks Shaun.

I ended up knocking up a makeshift 'test' rig before i saw your reply that i connected up to an outside tap. I was expecting it to leak everywhere but it actually held up fine under mains pressure to my surprise.
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The actual install is on a gravity fed supply so it probably won't be an issue afterall
 

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