You are probably over tightening them. The threads don't seal the ferrule does, tape or dope is pointless. If anything a little grease wouldn't hurt.
A friend says I'm nuts - he uses Teflon tape every time. Any opinions?
CarpenterSFO said:Yes, usually. In one development we're often replacing 40-year old angle stops because the existing are frozen open. We strongly prefer not to change anything in the walls - we pay cash money for a couple of hours of building water shutdown, to replace a dozen angle stops and a couple shower valves, and we have to hustle. Sometimes the old fixture was cranked on and the olive is mashed into the copper. Even if we can get the old olive off without making things worse the new one doesn't always seat very well. Sometimes the old olive stays.
I'm waiting for the building folks to drain the water out of the 5 stories above us so we can get started. In order to shut off the water in any unit they have to go into a tenant's office space on the first floor, remove ceiling tiles, open some valves, and drain the 11-floor plumbing stack for 3 or 4 condos on every floor. Major PITA to get some simple work done. Scheduled weeks in advance.
Inner10 said:Screw that go to a welding shop, get some dry ice and freeze the line. Cut the pipe and propress on a new shutoff, just leave the old pos on there.
Screw that go to a welding shop, get some dry ice and freeze the line. Cut the pipe and propress on a new shutoff, just leave the old pos on there.
dielectricunion said:Have you actually done that before or are you kidding?
Screw that go to a welding shop, get some dry ice and freeze the line. Cut the pipe and propress on a new shutoff, just leave the old pos on there.
Have you actually done that before or are you kidding?
Never, I just watched in amazement as a plumber did it.