PTFE Tape - how many winds?

[David in Normandy]

Right. Sounds logical. I'll put a couple of winds on myself then with compression fittings; though I'm trying to avoid compression fittings where possible - I could never guess how tight to do them and have had a fair number of leaks and drips when I've used them previously. Too slack they leak, too tight and the olive distorts and they leak. Could do with a torque wrench at an ideal setting.

My end feed solder joints seem much more reliable and error proof - well so far. When I turn on my next stop tap I'll be testing around 40 joints! Fingers crossed as I don't fancy re-soldering any - some are very inconvenient to get to.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

You're likely to get some on lips etc when showering or bathing?

[Dave Plowman (News)]

I use a turn or two round the olive - and always have done. Not going to stop now regardless of what others say. ;-)

[<me9]

Gas tape is *much* thicker than the normal tape, you can't use the ordinary the same, you need more turns, depending on the space to pack.

[PeterC]

British Standard Pipe Taper Thread

[JTM]

Linseed (and its oil) are edible and sold as health supplements with omega3 so perhaps its the hemp that's thee problem

John

[JTM]

I seem to recall a thread some years ago about showers and legionella That took me 4 goes to spell and still wrong but when I looked it up in !Dict spelled it correctly without a problem)

John

[Cicero]

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You may be right.

An ancient news story (1950s) reported that a recent Asian immigrant bought a new washing line every week from his local hardware shop. Finding this a bit strange the shop keeper finally asked the chap why he needed so many washing lines. The reply was that the washing line, being made from hemp, was a cheap narcotic smoke akin to marijuana, completely legal and cheaper than tobacco.

Cic.

[Tim S]

Dave Plowman (News) coughed up some electrons that declared:

Dave - you could get a muddly puddle on your lips and it's unlikey to kill you. I honesly can't see a trace of linseed oil (or x PPM lead from a leaded solder joint) making any difference - overkill if you ask me...

Might be an issue in a pipe that often is left standing without regular flow.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Before this house I lived in a rented flat - part of a beautiful detached Victorian house that is now a school. And the huge tank there was lead lined...

[YAPH]

to various life forms, some microbial, as well as humans. If you're going to consume them you'd be best advised to do so before they've been hanging around long enough for the bugs to have had first dibs.

[Ed Sirett]

That'll be loctite 55. Excellent stuff, both for plumbing and teeth.

[YAPH]

^^^^^

You are Desperate Dan and I claim my five pounds!

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Cicero saying something like:

That'd be amazing, considering the hemp plant that's grown for fibre contains extremely low levels of cannabinoids to start with and secondly, the fibrous woody stem contains the least of that - ie, bugger all. It couldn't possibly be a made-up story now, could it? I mean, journalists never do that, oh no.