Tap tail adaptors,what is the point?

[Vicdiy]

Neither do I!

With flexible rubber seals you can actually get them to squash into the rubber a reasonable amount by hand. In my case I always feel the need to give them a decent nip with a spanner.

ive fitted many flexi connectors straight on service valves in my time its i think about not over tightening,i normally spend 5 mins taking tools to van check when i come back,,then 5 mins invoicing,chatting and check again befor i leave.never had a come back.

I recently installed several vanity units at my daughter's,the taps came with flexis and I screwed them straight to service valves. In view of some of the comments on here I went back and put tap tail adaptors on.Three of the compression joints went on fine but I couldn't stop the fourth from dripping even when really tight. I ended up taking it off but then couldn't get the olive off, fortunately I had a spare adaptor and put that on. I couldn't help feeling that maybe I was giving myself a lot of work for nothing but some of the posts made the doubt creep in. Just as a matter of interest, if the washer did fail eventually if screwed straight to a service valve would it just weep slightly or properly leak?

 

[Harvest Fields]

I have been to some that have leaked 2 years after fitting I have also been to some that have been on 10 years. Just not beat practice that’s all.

 

[Best]

Usually when they leak, they just weep very slightly, but can create corrosion on fittings and the pipe.
I have photos somewhere where a couple of flexi to ISO’s that leaked and first signs was damp ceiling

 

[Best]

 

[Welder]

Case proven mi lord

 

[Best]

Case proven mi lord

Lol! Yes, photo evidence has caught the culprit.
I recall that was a 9 years old bathroom done by an idiot plumber who did a lot worse. (Shower waste was next thing to literally flood the kitchen below).
Those pipes were hidden behind pedestal and leaks corroded pipes badly, remaining unnoticed until ceiling below got damp

 

[rpm]

Leak found at tap connection with copper and olive.

 

[Vicdiy]

Leak found at tap connection with copper and olive. View attachment 34893

It looks like it has been slathered in grease.

 

[rpm]

It looks like it has been slathered in grease.

Don`t know exactly what was going on there, do know it wasn`t my job so just mentioned it to them as I left.

 

[Harvest Fields]

Don`t know exactly what was going on there, do know it wasn`t my job so just mentioned it to them as I left.

The phrase Sloping shoulders comes to mind mate.

 

[rpm]

The phrase Sloping shoulders comes to mind mate.

Dead right there, that was a can of worms I wasn`t there for.