Is there a plumbers putty for gas?

Posted by Mulan on October 12, 2006, 1:17 am

I moved a gas line and used the yellow teflon tape wrapped 3-4 tims
around the thread and it is in tight with very little thread showing
and I sprayed the leak check to make sure it isn't leaking but now and
again I smell gas faintly. I don't know if it's my imagination or the
old pipes themselves are so permeated with the smell of gas. Is there a
plumbers putty for gas I can put around the outside of each joint for
my peace of mind?
Thank you

Posted by buffalobill on October 12, 2006, 1:22 am

no. unsafe. ask your gas co to find leak!
Mulan wrote:
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Posted by Toller on October 12, 2006, 4:30 am

>I moved a gas line and used the yellow teflon tape wrapped 3-4 tims
> around the thread and it is in tight with very little thread showing
> and I sprayed the leak check to make sure it isn't leaking but now and
> again I smell gas faintly. I don't know if it's my imagination or the
> old pipes themselves are so permeated with the smell of gas. Is there a
> plumbers putty for gas I can put around the outside of each joint for
> my peace of mind?
No plumbers putty. If you have a leak, you better find it and fix it.
Your gas company will come out and make sure. Don't know if they will
charge you though.
I had a similar situation after I put my new gas water heater in a couple
years ago. Faint smell; didn't know if I was imagining it. Had my fifteen
year old son come down; he not only was able to smell it, he found it's
source. I had the gas company come in. They found a leak exactly where he
said it was; the heater was defective, all my joints were fine. (they
flagged it to be fixed within a week. Company sent someone in to fix it
under warranty.)
Anyhow the two things I learned here were: 1) the gas guy said that a smell
that you are not sure of is not dangerous. A dangerous leak smells so
strongly you can't be in the room if you wanted to, and 2) 15 year olds have
a substantially better sense of smell. Get one if you can.
Good luck.

Posted by trader4 on October 12, 2006, 6:40 am

If you're asking this question, you shouldn't be fooling around with
gas. Plumber's putty was not made to be put around the outside of ANY
pipe fitting to stop leaks. It's used under sink basin drains, where
it forms a seal against the basin when it' tightened down.

Posted by scott21230 on October 12, 2006, 9:16 am

There is nothing you can put on the outside. However, there is a type
of puddy that you can use instead of the tape. I would be spraying
soapy water all over to find the leak.

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