How To Tighten The Plumbing Fixtures Without Damaging Them

In this short article we will try to give some small, but very useful advice to anyone who wants to do some plumbing job and does not know where to start. These are basic tips, but necessary to perform the tasks safely and with the guarantee of success. Usually it is the father or an uncle who teaches how to screw a pipe or tighten a fitting without damaging it, but nowadays, it is possible to learn how to do it just by following a very simple guide like this. Enjoy the reading...

The only exception is the elements of radiators, the so-called radiators. In all the taps and the connections below, the hot water is always located on the left, cold water is on the right. It is suggest to scratch each brass thread fitting before applying the hemp. If it is a chrome fitting. We proceed in this way to prevent the hemp from slipping and moving, given the smooth surfaces of the vine. This operation is not necessary in the case of galvanize fittings, as they made with raw material, capable of retaining the hemp more between its threads. Stopcocks are very useful for carrying out plumbing work. Even though many of the houses built before the 1960s do not have them.

They have the shape of a lever and should mounted in all bathrooms that do not yet have them. Because they allow you to close the water outlet of each single tap without forced to disconnect the entire water supply. This function is particularly useful for connecting hoses, but more generally for the most trivial hydraulic operations. Often the taps or in any case the actions performed by a professional plumbing service require the presence of pliers and other tools in the area of the chrome plating of the sinks, toilets or another component of the bathroom and any accidental impact or a careless movement could affect the aesthetics these.

Always place a cloth between the tool used and the chromed surface that can perform a task. Preventing the metal from scratching, for example, the ceramic of a bidet. Even in the case of screwing a simple tap, in order not to compromise the external metal chrome plating, it will be advisable to cover the point that we are going to tighten with the parrot pliers with a cotton cloth, in order to avoid damaging the visible surfaces externally.

Be Sure You Have Tighten to the Maximum

Often the doubt remains that a tightening has not been carried out. Thus reducing the success rates of a job. Proportionate to the size of the element to be tighten. It will be the best way to know if the fitting or bolt has been tighten well. A good plumber should have the right range of tools to cover all situations. Always be up to the job he assigned to do. It is a good rule not to use, for example, a pipe clamp to tighten a smaller nut. Because the risk would be that oversize and bulky, preventing the fitting from properly tightened.