Compression Fittings Tutorial
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- www.intaplumb.co.uk A free lesson brought to you from Intaplumb Erith, a leading provider in plumbing, heating, gas and renewable energy qualifications. This lesson covers the basics of compression fittings, including where would be suitable to use them, and the best way to install them.
Great explanation of olives. My plumber couldn't explain why he needed one. She just said that he does, because that's how things work.
Clear and simple help - thanks. I've now fixed my leaking pipe and saved myself the cost of an emergency plumber!
When ever I need some tips for a home repair you seem to have already made an informative video about the job. Lucky me!
Bob on that advice for an amateur like me, brilliant, many thanks! (hope your pipework is straighter than that tie!)
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Right!!! :)
Thank you for a clear and well-informed quality tutorial.
Thanks Peter, great video: clear, concise and gives the plumbingly challenged like me confidence to give it a go.
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Exactly what I needed tonight. Thank you! Never thought about putting the tape on the sleeve! Of course now I will call them olives instead! Sounds quite proper.
Professionally done video; very helpful. The only comment I have is with respect to the direction in which the PTFE tape is being applied. It should be applied in the same direction as that in which the compression nut is tightened. As presently shown, the tape would tend to unravel as you tighten the compression nut. Other than that, the video is great.
Thank you for straightening your tie👔, love it.
Love how his tie doesn’t follow the rules
And his shirt lol
And hammer 😂
Maybe the floor is not level, his tie is the plum Bob
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Thanks for the clear & to the point tutorial
Just saved me an evening of stress and worry , and few hundered quid, Thank you mate
Very good video well presented
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1 long spirit level 😓
1 short spirit level
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4 various screwdrivers
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1 insulated screwdriver 😓
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So that's where I've been going wrong! Very clear and straightforward tutorial. Than you very much.
I personally cringed at the Teflon tape maneuver but I’m no plumber (maritime mechanic) and we all have our tricks that we find work for us. Thank you for a good video
Yep. We all have our tricks that work! Great statement!
PTFE is tried and tested for decades. Its amazing stuff
Some plumbers use other lubricant but PTFE tape doesn't leave a residue as
Nice video. These two drainage compression fittings are the last two fittings before I turn my water on. Hoping for no leaks and this info is the last info I need to complete the project. Thank you... Cheers!
Thank you, that gonna help me a lot when dealing with my basement sink piping.
Very useful! I was nervous about using compression fittings for the fact that they might leak later but I see how this would be a very effective
Many thanks for taking the time and effort to make this informative video.
finally a precision instructor. I looked at way too many videos that were unable to say the amount to tighten with any details besides do it right or yer a#$ out.
oh, I am glad I am seeing how I fudged up this one and how it really works.
That's where I'm going wrong, I've been tightening as much as I could. Brilliant thanks 😊
As long as the pipe is square into the body of the fitting and it's tightened just nice and snuggly then you don't need PTFE or any type of jointing compound. Just to let you know that this guy doesn't seem to know what he's talking about as he wound the PTFE tape onto the pipe backwards. The tape the should always be wound in the same direction that the nut tightens (clockwise) as if it's wound the wrong way round then it will just unravel as the nut is tightened. I only use tape when I am fitting new and old fittings together. If you have an old pipe with the olive embedded then it's best to tape it before fitting it to a new fitting.
@@truthseeker7794 thanks for the advice, I'm always happy to learn.
@@truthseeker7794 Old pipe with olive embedded can be tightened without tape and still be tight.
@@disastershaman Yes in the case of an embedded olive I would just wrap a few turns of PTFE around the olive and on the half inch of pipe that will be pushed into the fitting. Just to make sure, but usually I wouldn't use tape on a new fitting.
@@truthseeker7794 "he wound the PTFE tape onto the pipe backwards." Sir you are right. That, is not good, considering 900k views.
Thank you sir. You are a hero and saved me $140 Singapore dollars
This is the first video that gives an easy rule to apply how far to tighten the nut: hand tight, then a quarter turn with pliers, tighten further if there is a leak.
I have been using these compression fittings for more then 20 years and tightened them as far far as I could and NEVER had a leak. (Only when I forgot to tighten them it leaked..)
Thank you very much!! Very helpful especially about not over tightening.
Very useful and clearly explained, also the details! Finally, I understood the concept :) - thanks from worlds northernmost town, Hammerfest
Thank you for such an informative video. :) Helped me so much.
Thank you for saving the day! Off to fix the rad.
Awesome video lesson! 100% correct. Thanks.
90% DON'T use ptfe tape...
If you line up your joints properly you will never need PTFE. If they are at an angle a bit of PTFE is good to stop any seepage.
If they are at an angle, something is wrong... Ptfe tape is messing things up.. Just like using Silicone caulk when a drainage pipe is leaking.
You never need to put PTFE on an olive. Just a light smear of a lubricant such as a light grease or Vaseline to allow the mating surfaces of the nut and olive to bed into each other.
Or use WD40...
PTFE is teflon based which also is a lubricant
Thank-you, useful video. Pity someone people make abusive comments.
thanks! I know what I need now!!! home depot waste of six trips! wow! 3 min video, priceless!
Good video - Thanks. The PTFE tape wrapped round the olive is a good tip as well !
Ptfe tape should NEVER be used on olives !
@@stephendunning4423 Hi Steve - hear hear! This is a real problem with many Idiot Tube videos these days - so much incorrect information put out and, unfortunately, the masses believe it!
Very clear and very easy to understand, thanks very much, great help
Thank you, i might get paid now!
Excellent video thanks for posting
Thank you for posting this video. I appreciate it.
Well done! Thank you for your excellent tutorial.
VERY professional and helpful. Thanks!
Nice selection of hammers👍
praise God! for your video buddy it fixed my problems!
your fantastic and I love you're not so perfect tie! much thanks
thank you. your video are so helpful.
Tighten the compression nut 1/2 turn!
I tighten them till they squeak.
Apply the tape in the opposite direction as shown in the video. The end of the tape needs to point to the direction of screwing on the nut.
Apply nonsetting thread sealer (pipe dope) instead of tape. Thread sealer fills in the defects in the pipe and the compression sleeve.
Is he turning the PTFE sealing tape in the correct direction??
Despite that Im aware that those Sealing tape is not going to get into any directions of any outer threading...
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Just what I needed! . Thank you
must admit i lost track a bit wondering what tool hanging on the wall behind would be suitable to top my hubby with.
I thought that was their wallpaper
Awesome video, very useful!
Really helpful, thanks for making the video.
Thank you - very helpful.
thankyou that was very helpful.
Very good instruction. Thank you.
Job today.. had a 4 inch water mains pipe in a factory, it had been blocked of with a ball valve.
The ball valve blew off with the olive not leaving a mark on the copper pipe. There was ptfe tape around the olive and we removed the ptfe and fitted it all back with the bigger pipe wrench, As tight as we could. Now I'm worried because you say don't over tighten..... 😬
best tutorial of this in alll over youtube!!! good job man.. thanks
Pauljr89 559 you are joking surely pal ?
thanks much i now know exactly what i did wrong and can finish up the mess i got myself into .
Great lesson, thanks.
hello Peter, I believe that you have placed the ptfe tape on, in the wrong direction, it should be wound on in the same direction as the " capnut " goes on, otherwise it will have a tendency to unwind when you screw the " capnut " on.
your cockney accent has a very clear pronunciation of words, unlike my cockney accent, indistinctly so that the words run into one another. slurring words like a drunk.
Great tutorial. Thanks.
Nice explanation Thank You!
Found that really helpful, thank you.
Thank you for your helpful video
Thank you. Very much appreciated.
Thanks. Well presented.
Next month's tutorial: how to adjust your tie correctly
Max Doubt followed by"who didn't put my torpedo level back"
Ha ha you funny
Max Doubt nothing is more useful than a necktie while doing plumbing work.
you talk too much
knut riis neck tie is very useful for wiping lead joints
Great video and demonstration thanks very much. Would tightening it too much, not enough to cause a major leak, lead to a reduced flow rate through the pipe please?
My experience is that you can NOT tighten it too much. The leaks that come up are a result of not tighten it enough or improper alignment.
thank you
thank you, very helpful, learned something :)
Awesome, this helped me a lot, thanks man
350 blokes just didn't grasp it I reckon.☺ Excellent video tutorial.
366 now. I would also add cleaning and de-burring the end of the copper pipe. I'm also not a fan of wrapping a blanket of PTFE tape around the olive. I never have and none of my compression fittings have ever leaked.
Good clear explanation!
Thanks
Great advice 👍 thanks
Excellent advice for DIY plumbing. Why are all the ‘expert’ plumbers watching this anyway, just to take the mick?
Thanks. Good video.
That was realy useful. Many thanks.
Very helpful, thanks
If everyone on here is such a frigging expert why are you bothering to look at these tutorials. Give it a rest.
Fuck you
With water Yes using Teflon tape would be ok but not as much as in the video and apply in the CORRECT manner so when tightened the tape doesn't come loose. when on a Natural Gas application Never use tape or ptfe paste (Pipe Dope) on flared fittings.
thanks
Thanks for the tutorial!
Excellent thanks
Never tighten on to tape, only way is tighten fitting and Demounts and add jointing compound. Ptfe tape is for male threads ONLY
@James Julian, that’s nonsense. Also, paste gets into places that it shouldn’t.
According the the Dahl website you are right. They say not to use tape or dope on their compression fittings. My guess is people see improvement using it when putting on compression fittings on old copper pipes with imperfect surfaces. Who knows though, in 1-5 years that install might leak.
thanks very much very helpful
Only amateurs put PTFE on compression fittings. PTFE is for when the thread is making the joint.
A bit of paste or LSX only needed.
Excellent! Thanks
Thank you, really really helpful
I plan to custom build a modular air compression system for my shop, and I'm coming to find that compression fittings is necessary if I want to build a copper coil heat sink.
I was just checking around for clips which would help me consolidate some college learning. It's a good video but I'm currently half was through a two hour a week course which is run over ten weeks and know this is wrong. PTFE is not way forward but a skim of Water Hawk is right.
City and Guilds?
Thanks..really helpful
Great video except you wrapped the PTFE tape in the wrong direction. It needs to be wrapped around in a clockwise direction so when tightening the nut it goes with the rotation and not against it
@Jason Bucks UK Hi Jason. Hear hear - that's also the first thing I thought! It's also shocking to think that PTFE tape was even discussed - either PTFE SHOULD be used OR it SHOULD NOT - both can't be correct! (In fact, neither PTFE or any other sealant is necessary).
Problem is, too many bodger plumbers about!
Thank u sir . I l, be doing this on my fuel filter replacement .same principle. I over tightened and the lines are bad but I had a drip but the truck started so I know I m in the right path
thank you thats brilliant
Fantastic licture for begnniner
PTFE should be wound in direction that the cap nut turns!! (Although you should not use PTFE on a brand new joint!!)
And finally i would tighten a little more than that for security.... wouldn't want it blowing off would we... 👍😊
I like to use a dab of pipe dope on my threads for easier removal in the future,I've seen tape on threads but never the ring how interesting 🤔. Good video explaining. I live in Las Vegas water is like stone here,mixed with chlorine its perfect storm of failure for valves.
1/4 turn on your tie would be perfect
Helpful thank you
1. Never any need to use PTFE on a new joint like that.
2. You put the PTFE tape on the wrong way round!
Handyjack Nope, he applied it correctly, you wrap the Teflon in the direction you turn your fitting.
Jeffrey Guyer yes you do, so unless its a left hand thread its wrong.
Marc Scotland No. In this case he wasn't actually applying it to the threads, so no matter which way he turns it won't unwind. Also, sometimes putting ptfe on threads of a compression fitting is not advisable. Like when making a gas connection with a flexible connector, it can cause a homeowner to overtighten and split the fitting. I see it a lot in my job. I'm the gas guy who gets called to check out the odor of gas after the landlord left a leak on the new space heater or water heater.
Jeffrey Guyer yes thats for all to see in the video. use of the ptfe tape would be to apply it in the direction the nut clamping against it would be going, this guy is doing the opposite. putting ptfe on a new compression fitting isnt needed either.
Marc Scotland I agree, and he even says you shouldn't need to apply it, but said " some people have a preference to apply it " .
Good vid - thanks