Cow boy plumber

[slowmotion]

He blames the female threads on the radiator. He will have put the PTFE tape on too thick so couldn’t feel the thread engagement properly. Why can’t he just say sorry I cross threaded it. I’ve been using nuts and bolts in industrial settings for years so I know how it’s done.

He's quite clever.......

" You supplied the radiator.
The radiator thread was dodgy out of the factory.
It's your fault that the thread got stripped"

Is there no limit to the sleaziness of the building trade?

 

[raleighnut]

He blames the female threads on the radiator. He will have put the PTFE tape on too thick so couldn’t feel the thread engagement properly. Why can’t he just say sorry I cross threaded it. I’ve been using nuts and bolts in industrial settings for years so I know how it’s done.

I've never seen PTFE tape used on a radiator fitting, they're all either Olives or 'O' rings

He's quite clever.......

" You supplied the radiator.
The radiator thread was dodgy out of the factory.
It's your fault that the thread got stripped"

Is there no limit to the sleaziness of the building trade?

Not with kitchen fitters, bodge artists all of them and I've worked in shopfitting

 

[yello]

I've seen someone use wind upon wind of PFTE tape; 5,6,7... I dunno, I lost count. The fitting didn't leak so job done I guess.

 

[Milzy]

Is that a vertical bike rack.

Haha, used some plumbers compound paste and told him to always use that in future. It’s ok for now.

 

[Milzy]

Now a tiny dab of water. Does it take 24 hours for the paste to seal?

 

[bikingdad90]

Depends on the paste, some never cure and remain flexible.

If it continues to leak you could try some external sealant or possibly hemp pipe packer to held the threads engage.

 

[raleighnut]

Depends on the paste, some never cure and remain flexible.

If it continues to leak you could try some external sealant or possibly hemp pipe packer to held the threads engage.

Or tell the 'kitchen fitter' he's an absolute ferking numpty and shouldn't be let loose on pipework, I'd go ballistic on the cowboy............Hope you didn't pay him for bodging it up @Milzy

 

[Jameshow]

That has been cross threaded.

Well your on the wrong thread then....!

 

[Arrowfoot]

I am surprised. Tradespersons even if not a plumber would know the perils of cross threading and would also know how make the initial turns as new fixtures have burrs. It usually the other way around where DIY owner has cross threaded and called a tradesperson to fix it.

 

[Milzy]

I have spare valves coming in case. Worry about the rad female threads though even if a new valve pasted goes on. You can get that leak liquid to put in system too.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

A decent plumber would know a single turn of the correct ptfe on a thread is more than enough. Wrapping loads around is very amateur.

 

[newfhouse]

Another quarter turn with a 24 inch Stillson will sort it

 

[Milzy]

Some of these rough self employed so called tradesmen are earning as much as solicitors whilst paying less tax than them. Shame we didn’t have a tradeswomen they’d do it right first time.

 

[Milzy]

I have new valves I wangled for free. Anyway he’s refusing to remove the stripped one to avoid draining the system. He says the pin hole filler fluid is worth a try first. £12 a tub.
My logic is fit new valve and use fluid then walk away done. Not just a cow boy but a very lazy one at that.

 

[byegad]

Did his spurs damage the floor?

Looks like he crossed it and bodged it.