- Silicone Vs Plumbers Putty - Love Plumbing Remodel
Plumber's putty for basket strainers, and here's why: if the sink users accidentally break the seal between the strainer and the sink, it will leak whenever there is water being held in the sink For instance, in the triple sinks in a bar, used for washing glasses
- Plumbers putty or rubber gasket under sink flange (stainless steel sink . . .
The manufacturer of the new Garbage Disposal we are installing in a couple days says IF you have a stainless steel sink do not use plumber putty under the sink flange when installing, use the rubber gasket they provide instead Well, I understand they are the manufacturer, but I am more
- Pipe Dope, Plumbers Putty, or Teflon Tape? - Love Plumbing Remodel
Plumbers putty is use when installing sink drains It is a soft putty that will compress to seal between the flange and the sink Some new materials require silicon, but that's another question My personal, repeat personal, preference is pipe dope on water and gas joints, Teflon tape on air fittings
- is plumbers putty under plastic okay? - Love Plumbing Remodel
I, as I've always done (right or wrong but hopefully right), put plumber's putty under the faucet fixtures and tightened them down so there is technically plenty of "putty-to-plastic" happening at that connection
- Kitchen sink strainer sealing question. - Love Plumbing Remodel
The gaskets go underneath the sink locknut Plumbers putty under the sink strainer and I prefer teflon paste ontop of the gasket +top threads under the sink Most others use putty or some no callback guys even use caulk I've seen a new foam type gasket that replaces plumbers putting, but I highly doubt they will supply this in the strainer box as a ~kit~
- Properly sealing sink strainer - Love Plumbing Remodel
About two years ago, I redid the strainers on my kitchen sinks Removed the old strainers, completely cleaned everything out, put down a liberal amount of fresh plumber's putty, connected everything together, seemed to work great Over time, a little bit of putty would ooze out the top I would
- sealing gas pipe threads - Love Plumbing Remodel
Back to the question>>> plumbers putty is never used on threads of any kind PIPE DOPE, also called pipe thread paste, is what to use Great White, Megaloc, Rectorseal Tplus2, are some good ones
- Why plumbers putty on base of toilet?? - Love Plumbing Remodel
I know this may be a strange question but here it goes Why do you put plumbers putter around the base of the toilet when you install it? I think if there was a leak around the wax ring and the plumbers putty was used it would seal in the water and cause the floor to rot around it Without the
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