Where to find John Guest fittings?

[Michelle]

I've called every plumbing supply place in the phone book and no one's heard of them. Anyone know where I can find them online that delivers FedEx?

Thanks!

[cwa46]

My guess is that the reason you havn't received an answer is because nobody knows what John Guest fittings are. Where did you get that name? I have been in the building business for a long time and never heard of them.

[Michelle]

They're weird little fittings/connections on my AquaFX water filter. I'd never heard of them before either. But they certainly exist as mine are leaking to prove it :).

[Clyde]

ok unscrew em, run to home depot -g et telfon tape

blue round thing with white tape inside

get it, wrap it around a few times the fitting.

then screw back on.

thats it.

[wayne]

Michelle,
If you need more fittings, just call AquaFX. I think you can probably just take the tube out, maybe clip the very end off and then re-insert the tube. I had a fitting that was leaking and I just used a different piece of tubing and the leak stopped.

If you want to try to find other sources for the fittings do a search on the Internet for "John Guest Fitting" I did that a while back and I think I got a pretty good selection.

try to just re-seat your existing tube.... although you have probably already done this.

hth
wayne

[Timbo]

at http://www.mcmaster.com they are found in a section titled Swivel and Rotating Joints under Pipe Fittings. They are most likely the John Guest brand but are not classified by the brand, instead by their description.

Tim

[Michelle]

Thanks for the replies :)

Timbo - couldn't figure out which ones are the ones I would need. Will take Wayne's advice and try AquaFX.

Wayne - I have tried cutting and reseating them - they leaked even more!

Clyde - it's the other end of the fitting that's leaking - where the tubing goes in.

[Greg Moore]

Michelle
I have never ordered from them, but I found this page a while back when I was planning a 'project' They have pics and dimensions of most of the fittings and prices (good prices I might add compared to our local plumbing shop)

CWA46
You should probably look into them if you are a plumber, if you don't do plumbing specifically then you would have little use for them.. From John Guest's information "John Guest are the world's largest manufacturer of push-in pipe fittings. " They have been around for eons..

Greg

[richr]

(When your needs are less immediate)

U.S. Plastics carries John Guest. Their web site is pretty bad (www.usplastic.com) but their paper catalog has a few pages of John Guest fittings I recall.

Call (800)809-4217 for a catalog.

[Greg Moore]

Sorry, told you to check out the page, guess now I should give the link too :)

Greg

http://www.purewater4u.com/store/jg.shtml