Dripping deck jet heads...

[AtlJim965]

LONG story short, I've had to pull up some of the concrete decking to repair/replace plumbing issues.
I figured since I had it torn up, I'd go ahead and add 3 deck jets on their own separate control valves.
I went ahead and added the new plumbing and it works fine.
My issue is that I ordered and received 4 (I wanted an extra one just in case) deck jet assemblies off of Amazon. They are plastic housings and plastic jet heads.
After installing all 3, I noticed that all of them drip slightly at the ball joint of the head.
I have some brass heads and tried them instead. Same thing happens, in the same area.
I used teflon tape, so it's not leaking on the threaded portion, just adding the ball joint of the head.
Any ideas, suggestions, recommendations??
Thanks!
Jim

 

[mknauss]

Welcome to the forum.
Your water should be off using a valve before the deck jets. Is that valve leaking? Or is this leak during the operation of the deck jet?

 

[AtlJim965]

The leak is AT the jet itself. It's the ball joint on the head, where it swivels.

 

[mknauss]

Your water should be off using a valve before the deck jets. Is that valve leaking? Or is this leak during the operation of the deck jet?

So during the operation of the jet? Is there a retaining ring around the swivel that can be tightened?

 

[AtlJim965]

As I mentioned in my post,I have three different types of heads.
The complete fixture came with plastic heads, which have pop-on heads - no way to tighten them.
I also had two different types of brass heads. One had the ability to tighten down on the ball joint, the other doesn't. The one that I can tighten down, DOES have a gasket in there.
All three leak at the ball joint of the head, even tightened down as much as i can get them tightened.

 

[mknauss]

Sounds like a design flaw. Assuming they are only leaking while in operation, is it a problem volume wise? Most deck jets are not used for very long or very often.

Might look at getting a different brand of jet. Hayward Deck Jet 500 is one to look at.

 

[AtlJim965]

I have three different heads. One is plastic, other two are brass. All of them do the exact same thing....