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Radiator dripping
Mar 25^th, 2005, 9:29pm

I fitted a stainless steel towel rail several months ago, last week it started to drip where the valve adator screws into the radiator.

I have tightened it up but it is still dripping. This adaptor came ready made with PTFE coating.

I have found a lot of radiators leak from this joint, is there anything better than PTFE tape to seal the joint and how tight should it be tightened?

Thanks for any help

Keith

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thescruff Global Moderator Trade Member Author Offline Who said plumbing was easy. Posts: 6037 Total Thanks: 147 For This Post: 0 Gender: Trade: Plumber	Re: Radiator dripping Reply #1 - Mar 25^th, 2005, 10:30pm loctite 55 string. Wind it round round about a dozen times and screw it in
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woodsmith Global Moderator Trade Member Author Offline Posts: 4395 Total Thanks: 135 For This Post: 0 Gender: Trade: Joiner	Re: Radiator dripping Reply #2 - Mar 26^th, 2005, 8:44am Thanks Scruff, I'll give that a go this morning.
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greg GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 135 For This Post: 0	Re: Radiator dripping Reply #3 - Mar 26^th, 2005, 3:12pm I always re-wrap valves that come ready wrapped and depending on the make of radiator i sometimes smear some joint compound over the PTFE.
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