USING LIQUID PTFE FOR THE FIRST TIME 😬 || 030
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- Опубликовано: 27 ноя 2021
- Finally took the plunge an got some liquid ptfe to try out on these rad installs.
How I fit a radiator for apprentice and new starters.
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You had your arm in the way for the ten critical seconds of a 22min video 😂
Poor camera skills 😂 I’ve got no better 😂
Yep it’s pretty good stuff the liquid. Been using it for a few months now myself and very happy with it.
Keep it coming pal, nice to see how other heating/plumbing guys do the job!! 👍🏼
Thanks for the support 👍
Another thing added to my massive growing list of goodies 😀...nice video for apprentices to learn from and tidy pipework 👍
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Great video again Macauley!!
Top man thanks again 🙌
well done like your style plain and simple no dramas i was the same with the liquid ptfe but loves it keep up the good work
Thanks for the support, I like to keep it as real and as simple as I can
I use PTFE tape with a little wipe of liquid PTFE never had a issue and easier to remove if needed. Great vid fella.
That's a good idea!
PTFE is ok to pack out threaded fittings on rads bib taps or tanks but you really don't need any of these products for most compression fittings. Many years ago I did some work on my parents home that was built in the mid fifties. It was plumbed with compression fittings throughout and there was no sign of any sealant because it just didn't exist back in the fifties. Same thing with my house in the same street and my partners house in present time. Compression fittings just won't leak when fitted squarely so the olive can grip and seal as that's what they're designed for. PTFE was developed for the NASA space programme back in the late sixties and the first domestic application of PTFE (Polytetrafluoroethylene) was used for non stick frying pans because basically nothing would stick to it, especially water. I often used Petroleum Jelly when plumbing in taps, toilets and showers because it lubricated the fittings so they could be tightened without strain and it 's completely waterproof. Most of these modern sealants are just a money spinner for manufactures and are promoted by the plumbers on youtube.
is definitely given it a a go with the liquid ptef enjoyed the video.
Thanks for the support
Interesting video mate. I think your sound was much better on this one compared to some of your other videos. I’ll keep watching for sure 👍
Thanks mate got a new mic but I’m not 100% on it as it’s quite big and no professional when walking around customers houses 😂
Great video brother. Keep it up 👍🏻
Thanks for the support mate 🙌
I think I will use liquid PTFE in future as I've had loads of leaks using the tape. Judging by the number of RUclips videos showing the correct way to use tape I'm not the only one who has problems with it. Today was a case in point. I live in Croatia where you can't buy compression valves. I wanted to replace a leaking push fit plastic valve but could only buy a brass ball valve with ends for 1/2" iron. As the pipe is Hep2O I used 15mm compression to 1/2" male adapters each end of the valve. Initially I used the tape and one joint weeped slightly. I did it again with the liquid, waited 3 hours for it to cure and this time no leak.
No I don’t try ptfe tape to be honest I’m same had many leaks with it before
Loctite 577! Only thing I use now! Along as there is no pressure for couple minutes to let it set. Also great on outside taps as you don't need to tighten it up. You just add it to the male thread. Screw it on till its straight. Wipe off excess and leave for couple minutes.. Great stuff.
Think I will eventually move over to 577 just thought I’d try the cheaper stuff first
I’m looking forward to the video to see how the Flomasta stuff holds up. I was all geared up to take the plunge with Loctite and then saw the price!! I thought my browser had made a mistake. 😀. It all comes down to curing times for me. If I’m hanging a rad, I don’t want to be waiting 3hrs for the stuff to dry. I suppose, on a rad job, I could do the tails first, before even draining down the system, thereby getting maximum drying time.
577 is over priced at £ 30 + per bottle , I use super power exactly the same stuff , it sets in a minute and is pressure tight in 5 mins , get it on eBay or Amazon about £ 10 a bottle.....happy days. 👍
Don't use 577 on potable water. It's not wras approved
Been using flowmaster liquid ptfe for about 5 years and never let me down. Little tip make sure you push the lid on snug then turn bottle upside down 10 minutes prior to using as this saves time using the bottle as an air puffer trying to get the stuff out of bottle or by two bottles and decant them in one.
Definitely need to grab another bottle to have half a chance of getting it out 😂
Very good volg used some LA-CO slic-tite heavy duty and was Weeping so hard to use PFT tape so not too sure what Went wrong there
But all done now. I’m not a plumber but having had maintenance jobs back in the 70s but continue to do repairs for family ,
As I said very nice volg 👍👍👍👍
Never actually used laco one but it’s meant to be the best, I’ve just got some of the rapid blue stuff so will be trying that out soon. Thank you for the support 🙌
@@SmartPipePlumbing no problem cheers 👍
Nice work 💪🏻 liquid ptfe…🤞🏻lol
Thanks for support 🙌
Great video again better sound for sure. Keep up the good work. Strange they’d no rads upstairs. What was the hardest part of that job figuring out the pipe runs?
Basically fitting the rad on the top of the stairs
I always mark the bottom of the rad brackets so you don't see the pencil marks on the wall when you look down the back of the rad. How are you finding that drill bit extension thing from Lidl ? I bought one but not used it yet
Don’t use it that often mate, but it’s good for the price of it
I know what you mean about the pencil marks, I try to do small pencil marks
Ahh nothing like fishing plastic pipe underfloor. Nice video mate, I've switched over to the Laco slictite liquid PTFE, thick as shit but slap it in tapered rad tails and had no problems at all in a few months
I’ll have to check out that laco stuff, this stuff was a night mare to get out the first try 😂
@@SmartPipePlumbing I bought a bunch of them to test (Laco, Flomaster, Tru Blu, Jetlube , Cura and Loctite) the Laco one with the brush in the cap was the cheapest by volume and best to use, the Tru Blu one from Toolstation is alright as well, but twice the price, they all held to 12 bar so that isn't an issue
@@stuarttthomas7847 plumbase do their own..plumb blue.. see same as the others .supplied with brush tub but tub is massive for around £12..better value than the others.seems identical to jet blue
@@pault3705 That is the one to go for then if you want a non setting one, I have given up with them, too messy and time consuming, the locking ones like the Flomaster one in this vid and Loctite 574 is where it's at, do you know if Plumbase do a good value locking paste?
Good work mate, strange how that house had a boiler, but no rads upstairs. Must have been chilly in the winter.
Tell me about. Found out that only one of the radiators down stairs is connected 😂 he wants me to come back in summer to have a look at connecting them back up
@@SmartPipePlumbing Try and talk him in to a decent new boiler as that one is shite.
For hanging the radiators are the screws just going straight into plasterboard? Or did you hit studwork
All brick walls pal
Killing it Brv, keep up the good work and videos from Moe
Thanks more, means a lot
Just a tip I was taught as an apprentice, to Dave having to keep measuring for radiator brackets if you know where the centre of the rad is just lay the the rad against the wall and look where the brackets got and mark straight in the wall
Yeah I always do this for when fitting on to existing pipe work, great tip 🙌
What about if you was to have a little weep on it after it’s set .. is it easy to get off again and clean up? Never used it before and interested in it!
Not sure mate, first time I’ve used it this week
at 20:00 how did you manage to do that soldering without marking the wall! incredible
Not too much heat and constantly move the torch 😂
Great job where did I get that angle bit for your combo drill very handy
Middle of Lidl 😂
I would have just had a look a said naaaa your alright.
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Best thing I ever found under some floor boards was a newspaper from 1986. The front page (I’d recently had a discussion with my missus about Sigourney Weaver and how she was a sex icon back in the 1980’s. She refused to believe me…) headline was “SEXY SIGOURNEY IS BACK”. It had a review on Aliens in it. Naturally I kept it, took it home and threw it at my missus proving my point. 🤣🤣🤣
She still didn’t believe me. 🤣
I’ve had a bottle of 577 in my bag for years and I’ve never had the balls to use it.
It’s good stuff to be fair, had a couple of leaks with this stuff not so I’ve changed to rapid blu
@@SmartPipePlumbing fair shout. But that’s what make me nervous, when it leaked where you able to remove it with ease and clean up the interior threads or did you have to say, change the whole radiator (as an example)?
Hi pal what size is the wera ratchet spanner you used. Also keep up the vids!
Thanks for the support it’s a 17mm
What’s the bit you used to use the space bits at an angle?
If a angle drill bit from middle of Lidl, I can seem to find it online
I’ve been using the same liquid ptfe for ages and had no problems. The only thing I hate is getting down past half a bottle it’s a pain in the ass to get out.
I’m picking some up for a rad job today! What would you’d say is the optimum curing time on the rad tails? Before filling system up. Thanks.
@@MJ-ce6tv I’ve left it as little as 10 mins and it’s been fine
I’ve done it with water in the rad and had no problems with it. I’ve used the flomasta and loctite 577 and had no issues from either of them
What size ratchet do you use for the radiator tails?
17mm but doesn’t fit all tails
What are you cutting the floorboards with.
Dewalt multi tool
👍👍 My old china
OMG what are you doing with the pipes across the door area is that the only way it could have been done question if that was your home would that be acceptable thoughts please
I know I know it’s the on way it could of been run, in my own house I wouldn’t have put one at the top of the stairs. Believe me I tried every other option
Not big deal, you can add some boxing … that’s how people did it for many years , it hides the pipes if you don’t like them to see exposed..
What size joker spanner fits the radiator tails ?
Depending on the valve manufacture. 16mm or 17mm.
What he said 👆👆
What sort of cost you charged, considering boiler already in.great content 😀
Basically 2 days labour plus materials
Nice job there mate 👍 I have never tried the liquid PTFE, but I'm old and still use the old PTFE tape ( Plumbers Tape For Everything) 😁
Come on then P.B what does ptfe really stand for lol .. I know it starts poly Teflon..lol but for the life can not remember lol 😆
Without Googlling lol 😉
@@alan_edwards_404 Polytetrafluoroethylene 😜
He definitely googled that 😂😂
@@SmartPipePlumbing How dare you !! 😁
What size joker spanner fits them radiator tails
I use a 17mm but I know some people use 18mm think it depends on what valves you fit most
Danfoss valves use 16mm ones
In the 21st century we use a Monument Rad Tail socket & a Impact Gun👍👍
Hi just wondered how the liquid PTFE worked for you
Good but I’ve started using rapid blue liquid ptfe now
What chisel you use?
Chisel is a its own brand and the big screwdriver I use for a chisel I’m not sure I found it in a job 😂
Loctite 577 is all you need for threads
Just expensive compared to the cheap flo masta stuff
Hi mate it's bugging me what size wera you using
It’s a size 16 but it doesn’t fit all I need to grab a 17 so I’m covered
They flowmasta bottles annoy the life out of me. 50g of product in a bottle that can hold about 500g lol. Good stuff though.
I buy a couple and put them in one bottle now
Oof!
urgh! can't stand when towel rads only come with 3 brackets! I always buy some and include it on to the job, cause you just can't use it properly else obviously explain it to the customer though and let them make the choice if they wanna pay the extra
You make it look too easy bro 🙏🏽😅
I wouldn’t go that far, there’s always a few cursed words on every job 😂
Videos good pal but the sound is crap you seem to fade away sometimes 👍
Thanks pal, trying to sort the audio out, I got a mic just need to get it positioned right. Thanks for the support though
Wow wow wow wow and if you skirting board not lvl ? Which in most cases they are not you in a world of pain? Do one bracket then use your level for the second one..... This the only way to get them lvl
Always use a level, I’d never just measure it if the skirting
That’s a really difficult way to fit a rad. That would confuse the life out of an apprentice
Why? It’s how I was always taught, how do you do it? I’m always up for learning new ways
I will never use liquid ptfe.
How come?
bit boring
Thanks for the supportive comment, heres your reply you wanted