Best olives for chrome pipe

[tommy1712]

Evening all. Had a bit of drama sealing some compression fittings to chrome pipe yesterday was a cold feed to a toilet under mains pressure, wasn't a massive leak just a small drop round the nut, I had to tighten the nut much tighter than I normally do, just didn't want to seal properly.

Any olives better for chrome pipe?

Cheers

 

[Callum Curwood]

Bit of jointing compound on the olive normally does the trick

 

[rpm]

Copper is softer than Brass, that`s all I know.

 

[PhoenixServices]

As above.

 

[Dotty]

File the chrome off wher you want the olive to bite.

 

[tommy1712]

It's the first time it's ever given me drama. Maybe it was the chrome plateing on the pipe might have been tougher than normal

 

[tommy1712]

It's the first time it's ever given me drama. Maybe it was the chrome plateing on the pipe might have been tougher than normal

 

[tommy1712]

Good shout think I will do that as standard now

 

[plumben]

Evening all. Had a bit of drama sealing some compression fittings to chrome pipe yesterday was a cold feed to a toilet under mains pressure, wasn't a massive leak just a small drop round the nut, I had to tighten the nut much tighter than I normally do, just didn't want to seal properly.

Any olives better for chrome pipe?

Cheers

I always use a bit of joining compound or file the chrome and ptfe

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

personally i never file them,not got the time,jointing compound or ptfe as said works everytime

 

[tolly]

personally i never file them,not got the time,jointing compound or ptfe as said works everytime

Me neither, just a bit of jet lube

 

[SJB]

Jet blue round the olive no probs

 

[nicro3]

Only Popeye as any idea about Olives.