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RE: Chinese pipe at Home Depot. - Foggy - 10-28-2016
Being without a utility, like running water, that is taken for granite is disturbing until I stop and consider that I am still blessed with all the rest. Heat, electric, a dry roof, food on the table, health. Having no water is a minor inconvenience.
RE: Chinese pipe at Home Depot. - meackerman - 10-28-2016
Everytime the power goes out I'm without water. Should be taking care of that tomorrow.
RE: Chinese pipe at Home Depot. - Cooler - 11-01-2016
I am in the middle of a bathroom remodel. The old valves for the sink and toilet would not shut off entirely. I bought new valves and I could not get them on fully and I had a very minor leak from two (that stopped leaking over time).
I went to Harbor Freight to get a die to chase the pipe threads. These are tapered dies and they would not start on the pipe. I returned the dies.
I am now wondering if the valves (made in China) are at fault and not the pipe.
I got two new valves (the plumbing supply house and Home Depot carry the same brand; Lowes does not carry the correct size at all) and I will try to install them this weekend.
The threads on the pipe are supposed to be tapered. Are the threads in the valves tapered too?
RE: Chinese pipe at Home Depot. - meackerman - 11-01-2016
I installed a couple of new compression-type shutoff values, that no matter how tight I got the compression fitting had a small leak. I left them alone and they've stopped leaking. seems the brass compression piece can conform over time to stop the leak.
RE: Chinese pipe at Home Depot. - pprobus - 11-01-2016
(11-01-2016, 10:33 AM)meackerman Wrote: I installed a couple of new compression-type shutoff values, that no matter how tight I got the compression fitting had a small leak. I left them alone and they've stopped leaking. seems the brass compression piece can conform over time to stop the leak.
More than likely its the minerals in the water that have sealed up the small leak you had.
RE: Chinese pipe at Home Depot. - meackerman - 11-01-2016
something did. as long as it holds, I'm ok with it.
RE: Chinese pipe at Home Depot. - mad_planter - 11-01-2016
I have a set of chinese wrenches that are labeled, 1/4ish, 3/8ish, 1/2ish, etc, etc. Maybe they make their pipes to match?
RE: Chinese pipe at Home Depot. - Stwood_ - 11-01-2016
(11-01-2016, 10:08 AM)Cooler Wrote: The threads on the pipe are supposed to be tapered. Are the threads in the valves tapered too?
All pipe threads and their associated valves, fittings, are tapered.
RE: Chinese pipe at Home Depot. - geek2me - 11-03-2016
(11-01-2016, 10:33 AM)meackerman Wrote: I installed a couple of new compression-type shutoff values, that no matter how tight I got the compression fitting had a small leak. I left them alone and they've stopped leaking. seems the brass compression piece can conform over time to stop the leak.
Probably just not installed tight enough. We were having an issue with leaking compression fittings, called out the manufacturer's rep, he pointed to the installation instructions that specified tightening to a given torque (which seemed overly tight by itself) then tighten an additional 1/2 turn.
Solved our issue, but a lot, lot tighter than I would have ever installed them.
RE: Chinese pipe at Home Depot. - meackerman - 11-03-2016
I couldn't get them any tighter. I had the biggest wrench I own on it (long handled HF combination wrench) and I couldn't turn the compression nut any tighter. I thought I was going to strip the threads off I had it tightened so tight.
<shrug> beats me. the connection is water tight now.