String around plumbing joint (Ed.)

[fixitflav]

Not at that joint no. It's the gas joints you worry about for that

Quite, it's on the water circuit. The "string" looks to me like a tether to make sure the screw-on cap doesn't get lost. cap

 

[JohnD]

Quite, it's on the water circuit. The "string" looks to me like a tether to make sure the screw-on cap doesn't get lost. cap

That's the white plastic cap retaining ring. But there is some string showing on the screwed joint for the drain cock. I thought it looked like hemp, hence my mention of an old plumber.

The cap is also used as a knob to turn the spindle.

 

[fixitflav]

That's the white plastic cap retaining ring. But there is some string showing on the screwed joint for the drain cock. I thought it looked like hemp, hence my mention of an old plumber.

The cap is also used as a knob to turn the spindle.

You're right, I hadn't looked closely enough . Hemp used with Bosswhite or similar. Not to be used on gas as the joint is porous, but it was in my first house, and it smelled slightly.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Quite, it's on the water circuit. The "string" looks to me like a tether to make sure the screw-on cap doesn't get lost. cap

I'm pretty sure the OP, was referring to the string in the joint, rather than the obvious plastic tether for the cap.

 

[fixitflav]

I'm pretty sure the OP, was referring to the string in the joint, rather than the obvious plastic tether for the cap.

That's right, see #18

 

[opps]

It's a bit blurred, but not hemp, it's white - which suggests to me Loctite 55 or similar corded thread sealant..

Fair play, but whenever I have used Loctite 55, I have never knowingly seen multiple (fractured) strands dangling out. Again, I may well be wrong.