Plumbing and Piping - leaking compression fittings

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cheryl & carl
03-12-03, 11:51 AM
We are installing a claw foot tub. To make it "authentic" we are using polished brass supply tubing and valves. One side went in perfectly but the other side shoots water up the supply line. Everything is new. We used a little plumbers paste on the outside of the compression sleeve. Tried tighter and looser. My husband wants to throw the expensive fittings away and use flex tubing. HELP!

Mike Swearingen
03-12-03, 12:03 PM
Use a flat wrap or two of teflon tape or pipe dope on the brass ferrule ring of the compression fittings, not the threads.
That should stop the leaking.
Good luck!
Mike
cheryl & carl
03-12-03, 12:30 PM
I'm sorry, I don't now what a ferrule is. Is that the compression ring?

Mike Swearingen
03-12-03, 12:59 PM
Yes. The ferrule is the brass ring that everything compresses onto to seal the fitting.
Wrap teflon tape on the ring itself.
Good luck!
Mike