brass or copper olives?

[leaky]

i allways use a bit of boss white just as a back up the olive should be enough on its own without but we just develop habbits over the years and cant help it my pet hate is having to go back on a job for a tiny weep and the way i do the joints i dont have to but at the end of the day we all do things slightly different and whatever works for you is the right way i guess

 

[Reg Man]

Brass olives on water but never on gas. Somthing to do with hardness and expansion I think? Welcome ay feed back, but think thats the rule.

 

[Mike Jackson]

Brass olives are fine to use on NG but you must use copper olives with LPG.

 

[Guest123]

Brass olives on copper, especially on hot water systems where their expansion properties are better than copper olives.

Copper olives on plastic as per manfacturers regs. Copper on chrome pipe as they bite into the chrome better.

I personally much prefer soldered fittings as they are much more secure.

 

[ptr080]

i was told always copper on gas,welcome feed back if its wrong

 

[Reg Man]

i was told always copper on gas,welcome feed back if its wrong

BS1254 compression fittings I think? Copper olives on gas.

 

[kozak1968]

Olives supplied with certain boilers are brass

 

[kozak1968]

Olives supplied with certain boilers are brass

 

[buckley plumb]

what about the olives supplied with the magna clean they never worked they were to hard always leaked

 

[Reg Man]

Olives supplied with certain boilers are brass

Have checked this out. Copper not on LPG ok on NG.