Anybody know anything about plumbing ?

[Captain Lint]

I am replacing my old kitchen faucet. The new faucet has the attached braided type of hot and cold water supply lines that have the female fitting that attaches to the male fitting at the supply cut off valve. Inside the female fitting are little rubber o rings. My question is - is it necessary to wrap the male fittings with teflon tape to prevent leaks or will leaks be prevented by the compression of the little rubber o rings ?

[Paul Pless]

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so you forgot the 35cent roll of teflon tape while you were at the hardware store?

no it's not necessary

[Mrleft88]

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so you forgot the 35cent roll of teflon tape while you were at the hardware store?

no it's not necessary

Did you ever finish that bathroom remodel?

[Paul Pless]

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long time lurker?

yes, actually

and am contemplating starting in on on another one?
. . .

[the_gr8t_waldo]

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it's rare that I reuse "O" rings...replacing with new is easy n cheap..... new or old, "refresh" with a lite coating of Silicon Grease prior to reasembly

[ron ll]

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Paul whatever happened to that beautiful old commercial gas range you had stashed in the barn? (Sorry for the drift Cap’n, but you don’t need Teflon tape. )

[John B]

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They aren't o rings though are they. Flat rubber washers/ seals.
And yes you do, as you fit the shut off taps as well.

[Paul Pless]

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Paul whatever happened to that beautiful old commercial gas range you had stashed in the barn? (Sorry for the drift Cap’n, but you don’t need Teflon tape. )

sold it when we moved to az

that was a bit of a loss

kat has her eye on one of these we were supposed to go look at today
but its snowing like hell right at the moment and its a bit of a drive

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also i think its too big for the much smaller space we have this go round

[Nicholas Carey]

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so you forgot the 35cent roll of teflon tape while you were at the hardware store?

no it's not necessary

What he said. The Teflon tape won't hurt, but not necessary. (I prefer the Teflon pipe dope you paint on with a brush).

[Captain Lint]

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so you forgot the 35cent roll of teflon tape while you were at the hardware store?

no it's not necessary

That pretty much sums up my life

[Syed]

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Did you ever finish that bathroom remodel?

I guess he moved instead.

[Jack Loudon]

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What he said. The Teflon tape won't hurt, but not necessary. (I prefer the Teflon pipe dope you paint on with a brush).

I'm in the "can't hurt might help" camp so use both dope on the female threads and tape on the male side, especially on those slip joint p-trap assemblies where the gasket is supposed to prevent leaks but often doesn't. There's nothing more disheartening than finishing a plumbing job and then having to tear everything apart to fix a leak.

[L.W. Baxter]

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tape and dope do nada for that type of fitting. if your compression washer fails the water leaks through the top of the nut where the tube passes through, not the threads.

[Jack Loudon]

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tape and dope do nada for that type of fitting. if your compression washer fails the water leaks through the top of the nut where the tube passes through, not the threads.

I agree on compression washers. On slip joint fittings, I wrap the SJ washer with teflon tape before assembly. It seems to help.

[Canoeyawl]

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"Gasket sealed" joints require no "sealant" (teflon tape does behave as a thread lubricant, I prefer Epifanes oil based varnish or any old oil paint, for that sort of work, and avoid tape like the plague)
Lee is correct, tape won't do anything in that application.