pickleparade
New Member
Doing a kitchen remodel I wanted to replace the hot and cold supply valves to the sink.
We have 1/2" copper pipes and they are clean and shiny. I put in the new hot water valve and it is working just fine. But the cold water valve continues to leak.. ever so slowly.. about a 1/2 cup of water over night. It is the compression kind, with the little brass seat and the large compression nut which is suppose to expand it as you screw it onto the valve. i have tried multiple seats, tried putting back the old valve, tried different compression nuts, and still, this annoying little leak. The package for the new supply valve says, in bold letters, NOT TO USE ANY TEFLON TAPE. So i am not. But the leak is mostly coming from the back side of the compression nut, not the side with the threads. I am going crazy trying to fix this. Anybody have any ideas??
We have 1/2" copper pipes and they are clean and shiny. I put in the new hot water valve and it is working just fine. But the cold water valve continues to leak.. ever so slowly.. about a 1/2 cup of water over night. It is the compression kind, with the little brass seat and the large compression nut which is suppose to expand it as you screw it onto the valve. i have tried multiple seats, tried putting back the old valve, tried different compression nuts, and still, this annoying little leak. The package for the new supply valve says, in bold letters, NOT TO USE ANY TEFLON TAPE. So i am not. But the leak is mostly coming from the back side of the compression nut, not the side with the threads. I am going crazy trying to fix this. Anybody have any ideas??