03-08-2021, 11:57 AM
Had to do some plumbing this weekend. One of my hose bibs was failing and it was not repairable. The old piping was polybutelene so I switched out a small section her w pex until we can get the house re-plumbed. I got the Shark Bite connector with on threaded side to connect with the threaded hose bib. The problem is it threaded part is dripping. The threaded sections only mesh about 6 threads but it seems like it should go more. All of the threads are clean. I also added some Teflon tape on the threads. It isn't dripping nearly as bad as the old one so it is still a win in my opinion but I want to stop the drips so I can secure it in the wall. Is it normal for the thread to stick out this far? How much Teflon tape do I need to use? Is that the right thing to use?