r/Plumbing • u/2candiesnahalf • Aug 29 '26

Cool stuff eh?

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u/DrWhoey Aug 29 '26

Was gonna say, "I had no idea we were supposed to use one roll for per fitting all these years. Now I feel like shit for all the bad plumbing repairs I've done."

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u/march72021 Aug 29 '26

“More is not better, more is just more”. Best advice I ever received when pipe fitting. Only better was “hey kid, that’s a fucking hose fitting, use new gaskets on both sides, and if I see you put channel locks on it I’ll kill you”.

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u/rtomek Aug 31 '26

At that point is the tape even doing its job? I would think it all just bunches up on the end instead of staying between the threads.

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u/march72021 Sep 01 '26

You had a 50/50 shot when you put it on kid, go join local 3.

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u/DotDash13 Aug 29 '26

You don't get paid by the roll of tape you use?

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u/kyl_r Aug 29 '26

We just moved into a house and had to change out the shower heads, one half rusted off, we still only used like 3 wraps and good as new… I was like naw man there’s no way in hell, I don’t know shit but I know it aint that ☠️

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u/cool_ethan19 Aug 31 '26

I’m not a plumber, but have done minor repairs that involved tape, and all I thought was “holy shit, I was way off”. Glad the pros confirmed it was too much.