PTF Tape and Compression Joints

[TMHM]

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Here is one I had to replace the work because the hidden pipework had been leaking and eventually came through the ceiling. It was the flexi rubber joint leaking because of onto the iso. Idiot plumber did the bathroom. A year later the unsupported shower waste pipe fell out of the trap below the floor and kitchen flooded.

Does that not beg the question, which I have tried to put (badly) is "why didn't the op's plumber use the correct flexi? In which case the op,s problem may never have arisen!
Using the incorrect flexi, in my opinion, is the cause of the problem and can be laid firmly and squarely as the plumbers fault. Irrespective of ptfe tape, etc.

 

[John Harwood]

Agree with you on separate taps but not mono blocks

Monobloc, you mean... One word with no k.

 

[Best]

Does that not beg the question, which I have tried to put (badly) is "why didn't the op's plumber use the correct flexi? In which case the op,s problem may never has arisen!
Using the incorrect flexi, in my opinion, is the cause of the problem and can be laid firmly and squarely as the plumbers fault. Irrespective of ptfe tape, etc.

Yep, it is the plumbers fault if the flexi end wasn't compatible with the fitting it connected to.
But we don't know exactly what the flexi was used for, - if the plumber supplied it, or if it was part of a new tap mixer.
If it was supplied with a tap and was the type with flat washer connection, then plumber should have used correct fittings, so no blame could be put on him later if any leak occurred.
Personally I hate flexis and only use them if supplied as part of taps. I rarely see the point of them and they are a weak link

 

[Best]

Monobloc, you mean... One word with no k.

Shaun is always talking Monoblocks!

 

[GH77]

If I'm supplying the monobloc then I always look for one with copper tails, not a fan of flexi

 

[Daniel Hall]

You looking to claim on your insurance or something? Something not right here

 

[Harvest Fields]

Agree with you on separate taps but not mono blocks

I agree with you also here mate

 

[Ant Parkes]

You looking to claim on your insurance or something? Something not right here

The poor plumbers insurance by the sound of it.