Person wrapping pipe with white plumber's tape - thodonal88/Shutterstock Teflon tape goes by many names, including plumber's tape and PTFE tape. No matter what you call it, the stretchy, smooth ...

Dear Mike: I screwed up. I wanted to bleed the brakes on my old pickup, but I broke off the bleeder bolt flush with the caliper casting. I tried to drill out the old bolt nub and install a Helicoil in ...

If you are using copper, brass, or automotive fittings, this is probably what you have. <B>Do not use teflon tape or sealing compound on any fitting with a tapered sealing surface!</B> Instead, make ...

Most of the time, you will apply either pipe tape or Teflon paste before screwing pipes together when doing any kind of plumbing work. By doing this, you'll fill in the tiny gaps between the threads ...

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Not long ago we encountered a sprinkler problem at Stately Willard Manor. Not being a sprinkler expert, we called in a professional. In the course of addressing the problem he replaced a PVC pipe with ...