Timeline for How do I tighten this adapter so it stops leaking?
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| Feb 1, 2021 at 20:02 | history | bumped | CommunityBot | This question has answers that may be good or bad; the system has marked it active so that they can be reviewed. | |
| Jan 1, 2021 at 21:13 | history | edited | Alaska Man | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 1, 2021 at 20:56 | comment | added | FreeMan | That's a lovely bend in your copper pipe. It could be that it's just bent enough that it's curved inside the fitting and no amount of tightening will make it water tight. I second @jwh20's advice, though - buy a new flexible hose long enough to reach to the shut-off valve and just have 2 connections to tighten. | |
| Jan 1, 2021 at 20:35 | answer | added | Jasen | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 1, 2021 at 20:31 | comment | added | jwh20 | You have created a "frankenstein" apparatus here. You may want to consider removing ALL of this stuff and installing the correct fittings. The most leak-proof connections are those that don't exist. | |
| Jan 1, 2021 at 20:26 | history | edited | grgdwyr | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 1, 2021 at 20:15 | history | asked | grgdwyr | CC BY-SA 4.0 |