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diytom

Hi all, sorry to trouble you. Im a diyer, not a plumber. Just dabble a bit with a spanner.

My mother needed a ink removed (basin I think its called here) from one of her bedrooms, its an old property.

Anyway, I removed the basin, took up some flooring and cut the pipe as close to the "t" as I could. I used a compression stop end and thought I would be clever to use plumbers mate to help it seal. I put the plumbers mate around the thread. I have now read that I should have put the putty around the olive or end of the pipe?

I tightened the caps with wrench and pump pliers. Turned the water back on and as far as I could tell there wasn't any leaks so put the flooring back down.

Im worried though that the joint will leak as I put the plumbers mate in the wrong place? If it was to fail would it just slowly weep or would it leak quite a lot? Im going back to Mums on tuesday to check , will this be to late though?

Im bricking it in case the ceiling collapses.

Regards

Tom
 
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diytom2 said:
Im going back tomorrow to check. If it is weeping/ leaking then how much water should I expect to see tomorrow? I done the job yesterday.
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If it's only weeping, there will be very little water and perhaps a damp patch, nothing else. If it's dripping due to the joints not being properly compressed, then there will definitely be signs of water.

The more you flap about this, then the worse it will become in your mind anyway. If you get a small leak/leaks just tighten them up, nothing to panic about!
 
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If it was leaking then I wouldve noticed before putting floor back right? If it is dripping then will it possibly be enough to bring down a ceiling after 2 days of drips?
 
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Hello Tom,
if it was leaking enough to bring the ceiling down your mum would have phoned you by now!

by all means check the fitting but if its dry stop worrying.
don't be tempted to give it another tighten "just to be sure" because as said earlier by quigley you can over tighten and then you might get a leak
 
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Went back today. checked pipes, checked area under the pipes. ALL DRY! So glad.

So am I right in thinking that these stop ends are good now as no leaks, no need to worry?
 
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Dont worry if it didnt leak straight away then it wont,but i know where your coming from and i believe we have all been there,i still double check now
 
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