Plastic Olives For Compression Fittings

16 oct 2012 messages.

Plastic olives for compression fittings. Also you should use copper olives not brass as it s to hard to compress properly the connection should not need more than 2 full turns after the olive has gripped the pipe. Compression olives 15mm 20 pack 69557 product rating 4 9 out of 5 stars. They can be used to connect both plastic or copper and are preferred by some installers as they have a high tolerance to pressure vibration and vacuum conditions so lend themselves well to more. Compression fittings are also used extensively for hot and cold water faucets taps and toilet stop valves.

Compression fittings for attaching tubing piping commonly have ferrules or olives in the uk in them. I can only seem to get brass olives in my area but i have been told that for plastic pipe you need to use copper olives for compression fittings. Using a spanner and a pair of grips you can tighten the nut to exert pressure on the olive. The valve and nut both have tapered sides into which the olive fits.

This can happen with both copper and plastic pipe i m only diy myself and have used a mixture of push fits and soldered copper around my. Compression fittings are well suited to this application as these valves are usually located in confined spaces where copper pipe would be difficult to solder without creating a. Tony agile 5 mar 2013 6. Often compression fittings leak due to overtightening whereby the olive goes past the point of sealing the fitting and actually crushes the pipe.

Log in or sign. Compression fitting olives work by the compression of an olive between a valve and nut and the pipe itself. You are using pipe inserts in the plastic pipe the fittings are normally grip seal.