Bathroom sink help with tap?

[Suzan]

But unfortunately you didn’t tell us that. We gave you the information to the question you asked which was to connect the flexi pipes onto 15mm pipe. Not connect 15mm to 15mm.

I.e. I didn't realise the taps wouldn't reach...

 

[Harvest Fields]

Got 2 for both hot and cold

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Change them for these.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

to be fair you didnt say you were extending the pipes just the flexis wont fit the old male irons

 

[Burger]

I have only been plumbing for around 13 years but I have never had to put PTFE on a compression fitting.

Slightly less time than me but knows more

 

[Harvest Fields]

Slightly less time than me but knows more

Cheers mate. Your not doing to badly are you? Bit cheesy but I tell myself every morning that, everyday is a school day. Don’t think that there has ever been a day when I haven’t learnt something new.

 

[Burger]

Your not doing to badly are you?

I try my best, that's all I can do.

 

[Harvest Fields]

I try my best, that's all I can do.

That’s all that any of us can do mate.

 

[Suzan]

So weirdly no matter how much we tighten the coupler to the copper pipe it still leaks a bit. The pipes are old and we scrapped paint off with a Stanley. Clean with wire wool stuff. Any ideas? No PTFE used.

 

[Harvest Fields]

What are you using to tighten them? How tight are they?

 

[Suzan]

Very tight. Wrenches. My man used all the strength on earth. Can't budge them, yet on only one pipe there is drops...

 

[Riley]

Quite possibly he’s over tightened them if he’s used all his strength. These fittings are meant to be just nipped up not strangled to within an inch of their lives.

 

[Harvest Fields]

As I said before and as @Riley said above. Hand tight and an extra half a turn. You will probably need to cut the olive and use a new one.

 

[Burger]

As I said before and as @Riley said above. Hand tight and an extra half a turn. You will probably need to cut the olive and use a new one.

If the pipe is distorted you’ll need ptfe or a new section of pipe for the olive to sit on.

 

[Suzan]

Quite possibly he’s over tightened them if he’s used all his strength. These fittings are meant to be just nipped up not strangled to within an inch of their lives.

This was only after the leak after hand tight and an extra turn

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Try a turn or two of ptfe on the olive

 

[Harvest Fields]

If the pipe is distorted you’ll need ptfe or a new section of pipe for the olive to sit on.

If the olive has damaged the pipe then new pipe no PTFE.

 

[Harvest Fields]

This was only after the leak after hand tight and an extra turn

But had the olive been tightened on previously to this? If so then the damage may have already been done.

 

[Suzan]

Could just cut the pipe down, clean it and start again...

 

[Harvest Fields]

Yes, that is exactly what I would do.