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What to do about pipe joints that have been "moved".

  • 06-08-2017 9:21am
    #1
    my3cents
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    As an explanation I've just rebuilt our Waterford Stanley soild fuel cooker with DHW back boiler, which needed some new fire bricks and some replacement parts. Now its all back together I'm replacing the hot water cylinder which has a tiny pin hole leak.

    During the work some of the compression joints on the pipe work (brass on copper) got moved so imagine a right angle joint where the pipe in one side of the joint has been moved through 30 degrees then put back where it was originally.

    When I put everything back together what should I do about the joints that have been moved?

    What would a real plumber do? At one end of the scale there is do nothing hope nothing leaks and then fix any joints that weep or at the other take each joint apart and remake it?


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  • #2
    DublinDilbert
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    When they were moved they should have been backed off slightly. I've always been told to smear a tiny amount of boss white on the olive and tighten back up, this will help the olive re-seat in the new position.


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