plumbers paste / putty

hello all. Absolute plumbing novice here.

I have a "lead-lock" pipe adaptor thing which joins the lead to the copper hot water pipe under my sink.

I have been replacing a bit of copper pipe further down the line and I have disturbed the lead lock as it has started to slightly weep from where the lead pipe enters the fitting.

It drips once about every 30mins.

I do not have the tools to tighten it up. My mole grips won't go near it.

Is there some sort of paste/putty I can use to put a thin bead around the lead pipe where it enters the fitting ?

Can it be used while wet ? (the missus is fed up of having the water off)

I hate plumbing. grrrrrr

thankyou

fray bentos

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Fray Bentos
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No it cant be put on wet and live. The best solution is to see if the lead loc will nip up a bit. Obviously the nuts are rather large (oooerr missus..!) and so you'll need an appropriate tool.

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tarquinlinbin

"Fray Bentos" wrote in news:Ou18f.138620$ snipped-for-privacy@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk:

You might try Fernox LS-X (comes in tubes from plumbers merchants)

I've been using it for a couple of years for _everything_ and IMO it's the mutt's.

I've just tried smearing a bit on wet pipe and it sticks, (don't let a sniff of moisture get back to the tube, or the whole lot will go off)

On the box it says bursts can be fixed with a fillet, and bandaging with LS-X smeared cloth, water pressure to be relieved while setting, and it goes off pretty fast, quicker when wet, but I've never checked that - as yours is a hot pipe there's not likely to be much pressure, unless you've been daft enough to have a combi.

(That last remark was just a bit of quiet trolling, I'm going to sneak away now)

mike

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mike ring

snip......- as yours is a hot pipe there's not likely to be much pressure, unless you've

and what's wrong with Combis ? ? (in the appropriate application) Actually I quite like them for the shower performance over my conventional stored DHW system

Nick

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Nick

Nick

Too true.

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Doctor Drivel

You are French, smell of garlic and I claim my GBP5

:-)

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Matt

conventional

How many Francs is that?

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Doctor Drivel

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