Leaking Central heating Compression Joint
Discussion
Is it a pressurised or tank fed system?
If its pressurised you don't need to drain the whole system, just relieve the pressure via a drain off until the flow of water stops, the rest of the water won't budge until you open an air vent.
If it is an open vent system, you'll need to either drain it completely or bung the cold feed and the open vent.
The best solution, providing the pipe isn't damaged is to undo the fitting, smear some jointing compound around the olive and tighten up.
Something like Jet Blue or LSX will do. If not a wrap of PTFE tape around the olive sometimes work.
Edited for Grammar.
If its pressurised you don't need to drain the whole system, just relieve the pressure via a drain off until the flow of water stops, the rest of the water won't budge until you open an air vent.
If it is an open vent system, you'll need to either drain it completely or bung the cold feed and the open vent.
The best solution, providing the pipe isn't damaged is to undo the fitting, smear some jointing compound around the olive and tighten up.
Something like Jet Blue or LSX will do. If not a wrap of PTFE tape around the olive sometimes work.
Edited for Grammar.
Edited by Ricky_M on Friday 1st July 21:00
Ricky_M said:
Is it a pressurised or tank fed system,
If its pressurised you don't need to drain the whole system, just relieve the pressure via a drain off until the flow of water stops, the rest of the water won't budge until you open an air.
If it is an open vent system, you'll need to either drain it completely or bung the cold feed and the open vent.
The best solution, providing the pipe isn't damaged is to undo the fitting, smear some jointing compound around the olive and tighten up.
Something like Jet Blue or LSX will do. If not a wrap of PTFE tape around the olive sometimes work.
Excellent cheers. It's a pressurised system and handily the leak itself is on the joint there the outlet drain joins to the pipe so I can keep an eye on it as I'm going. I have PTFE tape but I presume the jointing compound would be the better thing to use?If its pressurised you don't need to drain the whole system, just relieve the pressure via a drain off until the flow of water stops, the rest of the water won't budge until you open an air.
If it is an open vent system, you'll need to either drain it completely or bung the cold feed and the open vent.
The best solution, providing the pipe isn't damaged is to undo the fitting, smear some jointing compound around the olive and tighten up.
Something like Jet Blue or LSX will do. If not a wrap of PTFE tape around the olive sometimes work.
Gad-Westy said:
Ricky_M said:
Is it a pressurised or tank fed system,
If its pressurised you don't need to drain the whole system, just relieve the pressure via a drain off until the flow of water stops, the rest of the water won't budge until you open an air.
If it is an open vent system, you'll need to either drain it completely or bung the cold feed and the open vent.
The best solution, providing the pipe isn't damaged is to undo the fitting, smear some jointing compound around the olive and tighten up.
Something like Jet Blue or LSX will do. If not a wrap of PTFE tape around the olive sometimes work.
Excellent cheers. It's a pressurised system and handily the leak itself is on the joint there the outlet drain joins to the pipe so I can keep an eye on it as I'm going. I have PTFE tape but I presume the jointing compound would be the better thing to use?If its pressurised you don't need to drain the whole system, just relieve the pressure via a drain off until the flow of water stops, the rest of the water won't budge until you open an air.
If it is an open vent system, you'll need to either drain it completely or bung the cold feed and the open vent.
The best solution, providing the pipe isn't damaged is to undo the fitting, smear some jointing compound around the olive and tighten up.
Something like Jet Blue or LSX will do. If not a wrap of PTFE tape around the olive sometimes work.
98elise said:
Gad-Westy said:
Ricky_M said:
Is it a pressurised or tank fed system,
If its pressurised you don't need to drain the whole system, just relieve the pressure via a drain off until the flow of water stops, the rest of the water won't budge until you open an air.
If it is an open vent system, you'll need to either drain it completely or bung the cold feed and the open vent.
The best solution, providing the pipe isn't damaged is to undo the fitting, smear some jointing compound around the olive and tighten up.
Something like Jet Blue or LSX will do. If not a wrap of PTFE tape around the olive sometimes work.
Excellent cheers. It's a pressurised system and handily the leak itself is on the joint there the outlet drain joins to the pipe so I can keep an eye on it as I'm going. I have PTFE tape but I presume the jointing compound would be the better thing to use?If its pressurised you don't need to drain the whole system, just relieve the pressure via a drain off until the flow of water stops, the rest of the water won't budge until you open an air.
If it is an open vent system, you'll need to either drain it completely or bung the cold feed and the open vent.
The best solution, providing the pipe isn't damaged is to undo the fitting, smear some jointing compound around the olive and tighten up.
Something like Jet Blue or LSX will do. If not a wrap of PTFE tape around the olive sometimes work.
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