Dripping Washing Machine Inlet Connection

[jonathanb]

Can always tell which customers were avid Readers Digest manual DIYers from the 80's P.T.F.E. on everything - ha!

 

[Puddle]

Nip to Diy superstore for this,Nip to Diy superstore for tha

B and Q is a good store but do not forget to support your local hardware store and plumber merchants,.On items like washers and fittings(and yes ptfe tape!) they will propably even are bit cheaper

 

[Avatar]

Using ptfe on the thread of a compression fitting or tap/hose connector, is like trying to use a car to try and fly to New York!

(not going to work/likely to make a mess of yourself/try to use things for what they are made for, please . . .)

Could make a good name for a new business for some avid wotsit.

'PTFE Plumbing and Heating'

We just wack ptfe on everything, then charge you £50 !!!


Ha!!!!

 

[whitney0125]

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What if you just replace the plastic tube of it. And let us see if it will still have a drip. I think that is a good solution too.

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[Unregistered]

I think this is exactly the problem I'm having... how do you fix this if the plastic nut is in the way of the valve so it can't be turned completely?

 

[ShaunCorbs]

I think this is exactly the problem I'm having... how do you fix this if the plastic nut is in the way of the valve so it can't be turned completely?

Take the plastic handle off and rotate it 180 (so the tip points to the pipe) if I remember right

 

[Dr1pping]

Oh my God!
Had a Leak. Bought a new cold tube from Homebase. Thought that would fix. Now two days, leak at one end then the other.
What other industry or walk of life would a product not work. We had Concorde, we have mobile phones, but to connect water pipes we have a large thread and a bit of rubber!
Reading up on what I studies at College as Polytetrafluoroethylene

PTFE, people say they use this as it has low friction to get nuts on further. I think by association it also acts to fill the voids in the threads and hold back the water.
Cannot believe that some improved method has not been invented, where the presence of water pressure actually increases the lack of egress.
Good luck all.

 

[Plumbstar Tom]

Many of the push fit fitting manufacturers would say they are already there but joe public won't pay 3 more for his washing machine so those fittings aren't used.

Anyway, topic is is quite old and already revisited once so closed off, start a new one if you want to carry on

 

[Dan]

You'll find more up to date threads than this in the main Pluming Forum. But I'm reply to this so we bump it up the list and get the pages indexed correctly because of the new update we've had. So just ignore this if it's all old news.

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