The CORRECT Way To Replace An Outdoor Faucet | DANGEROUS and Common Mistake DIYers Make!
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- Опубликовано: 14 июл 2023
- In this video I will show you how to replace an outdoor water faucet and go overland fix a big mistake DIYers commonly make when taking on this easy task.
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Were you aware of the vacuum breaker? Most DIYers don't so don't feel alone! There are links to everything used in the video in the description! Hope this helps!
I absolutely was not aware of the vacuum breaker! In my 78 years on planet earth, having replaced countless faucets, having two friends who are plumbers this is a first for me! I once lived in a large city and became aware that lawn sprinkler systems must be equipped with a back flow preventer but not on a faucet. Thanks for letting me know! I have learned so much from your videos.
I loathe vacuum breakers. I understand why they exist but the has to be a better way that will not shoot water all over my legs and feet every time I use the hose.
At the least there should be away to channel the water way from the user.
So annoying.
I have the same outdoor faucet but it has a long stick inside and can't replace the faucet handle. HD and Lowe's don't sell this kind anymore and I was told to replace the whole thing with a faucet that's already manufactured with a pipe bc the copper pipe keeps fractured (broken) inside the crawl space right before the galvanized pipe with a connector so rusted installed over a decade.
Why don't they just call it a check valve? Also, looks like the vacuum breaker has a gasket on it. Really thread tape only helps on tapered threads such as NPT pip threads, where the seal is made on the thread. If the seal is made on a compression fitting such as a JIC or JIS, or on a gasket, then thread tape is not necessary or helpful.
I have never heard of a vacuum breaker, but now I will be looking for 4 of them. Also, I have a hose bib that needs replacement, but it appears that the metal or brass bib is attached to pvc plumbing, so now what? I hope you can help. Thanks and Blessings!
Thanks for sharing this safety tip. We've used these on our hose bins for 30 years. The brass model you show is the best one. When shutting off the hose that has a closed nozzle on the hose end, watch out for the valve squirting water out under pressure!
You should mention that in most older northern homes without no-freeze outdoor faucets there will usually be a shutoff valve on the inside to shut the valve off for the winter and a small drain cap to drain the line, making it unnecessary to shut off the water to the entire house.
GOOD POINT SIR!!!
I shut the ball valve off in the basement before the first freeze. It’s about 4 feet from the faucet on basement ceiling. Then open the faucet valve outside to drain any water.
I came here to say the same thing about there being a shut off inside. 😅 And most I’ve seen are in crawls, basements, or ‘Michigan basements’ thankfully.
Not sure if it was code in 94 but my home in Alabama has an inside cutoff in the basement for all of the hose bibbs. Made it real easy when replacing mine.
As a widow whose Beloved Husband used to do everything for, I so appreciate your videos. Thank you!
Sorry for your loss. Inspired that you're putting in effort to learn and grow during a tough time
I was freaking out about my leaky spigot! I went ahead and just replaced the entire Bib with the help of your video! Thank you so so much for making this an easy to follow how to! ❤ I subscribed!
Thank you for explaining the vacuum breaker device. I have them on my faucets. That’s wear I have water leakage when I turn the water off. So I thought that those vacuum breakers needed to come off. Now that I know what it’s for. I’ll just replace the washer. Thank you 😊
Just wanted to give you some encouragement to keep up with your RUclips posts! Just a quick google search and I found this video!
I appreciate you sharing your knowledge👊
When I sold my house about 8 years ago the inspector pointed out that I didn't have those back flow things on my outside faucets... Home depot had them for about 50 cents, but this seems like a scam someone started to sell the damn things. Highly unlikely a sufficient amount of any diluted chemical is going to back up through the piping in a house.... much bigger things an inspector should be looking for.... What was funny is I left him somethings to find.... like a loose toilet, etc. didn't even mention that stuff.
Most of those guys are a-holes. They live for telling people what to do, and of course, without question, you gotta do it. An “apparently” well known inspector in our town came to check out a wood fence my husband built in our front yard. Of course it didn’t quite meet HIS approval, whatever 🤷♀️ Gotta respect that, it’s his job. A few days later I saw him so drunk at a local pub that his head was practically “on the bar”. 🤣 It shouldn’t be something to laugh about, but that didn’t quite meet MY approval, or respect. The loose toilet, classic move 👍
Home inspections ! They tend to steer off their main target and write up concerns that apply to current codes vs. the codes that were in place when the home was built. We all know that codes are changed now and then, adding, changing etc. how things should be but no home is required to "be up to current code" to sell it nor is it required to own it. the only time newer codes are required on an existing home is when they are remolded, added onto etc. then the local city may require those modified areas of the home be brought up to the current codes for the remolded part. Those home "inspectors" are basically superficial inspection folks who will call out something and then recommend a contractor in that field give their opinion. Most of the inspection they do carries weight in the health and safety subject matter...that's really all that matters to a seller, that they are not putting a buyer in harms way but also at the same time, not guaranteeing conditions or suggesting everything is perfect. Buyers need to know more about "condition" and operation of a residence mostly and then they can focus on the purchase to go forward or backout or ask the seller to credit them on items that are reasonable to fix or replace. Not every seller knows what kind of shape their place is in so, they also could get a surprise by those inspections. The worst inspections are full of lame opinions about conditions vs. function such as a pool heater that is 20 years old and works but the inspector is suggesting "it is beyond its intended lifespan". If it works, how does that opinion lend itself to the buyer? Same about "galvanized plumbing pipes" vs copper. Again, no leaks, water flow good so whats the point being made its not copper plumbing? It continues on and on so you have to wonder if the inspector is just calling out lame things to make his paycheck or attempting to give a report that the buyer could use against the seller for more discounts !
Home inspection is a scam unless it is done Mike Holmes way - ie How old is the roof, is the driveway sloping the proper way, is there a bathroom exhaust fan, does the kitchen hood exhaust to the exterior.........................NONE OF THAT COSMETIC BUSINESS.
@@Garth2011Absolutely
@@AMC-eq3jr Agree on those points. Most home inspections have a number of chicken $%(& items listed that have no merits.
The hose bib has flattened areas for an adjustable wrench right near the screw slots. Also, when you're working with old plumbing that's been compressed or stretched such as the brass nipple coming through the siding, it absolutely is a good idea to use both teflon tape and pipe dope over the top of the tape. Speaking from years and years of experience.
Yep belt and suspenders.
Great video for a simple spigot replacement! Loved the info on the vacuum breaker, didn’t know what that thing was. now I know what it is and how important it is. Thank you.
Excellent detail. Thank you!
I have always used some pipe dope under tape to lubricate and discourage any corrosion on the pipe. A contractor doing remodel and repair for many years.
I use pvc lumber to make shim blocks between the house and the hose bib. Sometimes rectangular and sometimes round using a hole saw to make a 3 1/2” wheel out of a scrap of pvc lumber. Drill out the center and softened the edge with sandpaper. Then you can screw the new bib to the block and hide the pipe extending through the wall.
I’ve kept some leftover pvc lumber and that still didn’t occur to me. Thank you!
You could always make it look really nice by cutting out the pieces with a hole saw after cutting the smaller hole. So it’s a nice smooth uniform connection.
It’s legit gross how expensive pvc lumber became
Same with pvc pipe
In general the price of pvc went complete out of control with covid
@@davidramey7186 you mean because of covid stimulus inflation money printing and biden. covid has been over for years but prices did not go back down. basic logic tells you covid was not the long term issue.
The Teflon tape doesn't fill a gap to stop water from Moving through the threads. It acts as a lubricant so you can tighten the tapered thread into the fitting tighter to get a better seal. No need to put it on Garden hose threads, they are not tapered, you have a washer that Makes it water tight. The set screw head is supposed to break off so the vacuum breaker cannot be removed without damaging the threads, making it unusable. An inspector will fail you unless the head is broken off. The Teflon tape is also easier to wrap, If you flip it over to where it's rolling around the pipe instead of rolling against the pipe.
Great tutorial, thanks. I watched this and the video about replacing the gasket. Both are great. Thanks.
Thanks for explaining WHY this is the proper way to replace
Thanks for making your instructions easy to understand.
It would be an interesting video to show repair of an existing hose bib, such as washer replacement and/or replacing the packing around the stem.
This as exactly what I needed! Thank you!!!
This is a good video. Fun with Silcocks, garden valves and hose bibbs.
Extremely helpful
Awesome video, thank you!
Thanks for the good video. Exactly what I needed.
Thanks brother! Much love
I have come to learn that when
Wrapping the pipe threads with plumers tape, it is easier to flip the tape around, allowing the pressure unrolling the plumers tape a little tighter!
It also (for me any way) allowing the roll to spin in my hand!
From a cheapscape Diy-er
Thank you for mentioning the vacuum breaker because I'm tapping from an outside spigot a line inside the house to use for our drinking water cooler.
Thanks for the tip
Great video, very thorough man.
I appreciate that the vacuum breakers are required and appreciate the explanation. That being said, I lived for many decades, and others lived for many decades before that without them.
I remember all the times, growing up, when families died from contaminated water that was siphoned back, and people said, "I hope they invent something to stop that."
But seriously... I never heard of water siphoning occurring or being a problem of any kind whatsoever. It sounds like paranoia to me. Sounds like a vacuum breaker manufacturer with a good lobbyist. Once silly requirements like that are created, no one has the courage to repeal them.
Our old house in the Washington, DC area had no way to shut off the water to the outside faucet. It was subject to freezing, but it never broke.
Very helpful
Nicely done video. Simple, and very easy to understand. The next video would be how to do this without an external pipe fitted to the faucet.
I don't have the backflow protection but I always drop the hose running on the lawn. Walk to the house and turn off the water. The hose was washed clear during my walk and it's more or less empty.
The set-screw on the vacuum breaker has a narrow neck immediately beneath the six-point head. It's called a "break-off" or "shear-off" bolt or screw. It's designed to break off once the intended torque or tension is reached and discourages removing the vacuum breaker. It's a one-shot deal.
Bad idea what if the device fails and actually needs to be replaced?
@@greenspiraldragon, one simply replaces the vacuum breaker and valve with new.
Yeah, but once it is tightened down and broken off they are near impossible to take off without some rather annoying methods that have to be taken in order to do so. There is no need to replace a perfectly good hose bibb just because the vacuum breaker goes bad, which it will and some hose bibbs are quite expensive. In my opinion it is a really dumb design. I get it's purpose so that a homeowner just doesn't take it off but that same homeowner might then just take the whole faucet off and install one without it. I refuse to break them off and no code states that it is required and none of the instructions I have received with mine say to do so either. In fact, they rarely have instructions.
@@HowToHomeDIYthey are designed to break off on purpose. Because that way some nieve person doesn’t take it off in the future. Turning it back to a boiler valve… so, snap it off…
Yeah for you to tag me it means you read my comment so no, won’t break them off and neither did the plumbers that installed mine. Why? Because it’s dumb.
Do I need an AVB if the faucet is attach to a sprinkler system or garden hose? Thanks.
very helpful; thanks, dude
Nice work !
Glad you touched on Freez Proof Hose Bibs ! I feel sorry for the people in Texas that found out about frozen plumbing the hard way! I still can't understand why anyone anywhere would have their water heater a other plumbing mounted on the exterior of the house! That's just asking for trouble since freezing temperatures in Texas may be rare but have happened periodically and with in living memory and before.
Up here in Amarillo it freezes all the time during the winter, not rarely. Not to mention the harsh winds driving the wind chill into the negatives routinely.
@@rabie4x4 I'v seen and felt windchill of -60 farenheit here in Columbia County NY. Admittedly that doesn't happen regularly.
@@rabie4x4 Wind-chill is about rate of cooling. It doesn't cool things below ambient temperature.
Thanks for the advise on the using the check valve. I ran boilers with them and never thought of using them on the hose. Never to old to learn. Thanks again.
Interesting. I'm in my 50s and I don't recall ever seeing such a device on an outside faucet. There certainly wasn't one on any house I've ever owned over the years.
Politicians in those days used logic...today, they feel the need to control everyone.
@@Garth2011 That is a really stupid take.
If you live in areas where temperatures go below freezing, then likely the homes had silcocks not hose bibs, and in a silcock the vacuum breaker is integrated, usually located behind the handle, not an additional piece on the hose bib discharge as shown in this video, so that may be why you didn’t notice it. I bought my first home in 1992, and it had integrated vacuum breakers on the silcocks. The house I grew up in, built in 1950, did not, so perhaps the homes you have experienced were all older homes.
@@jpe1 I grew up on the Gulf Coast.
@@Garth2011Logic should tell you certain chemicals in your water is bad. Technology and science...
6:13 Actually, I think that you COULD have used a crescent wrench --- it looks like there are two opposing flats on the faucet's barrel, next to where the screw-holes are on the flanged mounting-base of the faucet.
Thanks for the video
Does it matter if you switch to a bibb with a different type of handle? Water is coming out through the handle connection. I was thinking of a getting a new hose bibb with the quarter turn handle which seems like it would be easier for arthritic hands/wrists.
Yeah, you can absolutely do that and many do just because the 1/4 turns are a lot faster to open and close.
Great info…. Thanks.
Thank You!
Thank you sooooooo much!!!
Great video, thanks!
You bet!
thanks for the video
Something I do when I have to replace a hose bib is after removing the old bib and scrubbing the threads, but before installing the new bib, I turn the water back on to flush the line of any debris that might be in the line. I don't know how much of an overkill it is, but it seems like a good idea to me.
Thank you!
The safety set screw is supposed to be tightened until the head breaks off so that the vacuum breaker cannot be removed--either by someone who does not know why it is there or accidentally when unscrewing a hose.
😅
If you want to break it off so that you can’t remove it later without using a saw or having to replace the whole hose Bibb then be my guest. The plumbers here don’t break them off as it’s not required and they know eventually they will need replaced. But yes, even you yourself can make videos if you like, be my guest and share all of that wisdom.
That is a reasonable argument to not breaking it off, but there is a more reasonable argument for breaking it off: Most homeowners don't even know why the vacuum breaker is there or what it does, so if it fails, they are likely to remove it unless that is prevented. The breaker is there to prevent sucking dirty water off the ground (from a hose lying on the ground and still connected to the bibb) back into the home's potable water pipes where it may later cause illness,
In any case, there is no cause to get snarky with your last sentence.@@HowToHomeDIY
Yes I understand what the vacuum breaker is for, I explained that in the video. The comment was to another snarky commenter that appears to have deleted their comment since then. As a homeowner, knowing that the vacuum breaker is probably going to fail before the valve, I’m not breaking the head off. It’s a massive pain to remove and replace when it goes bad. To each their own. And if code in your area says to do it, then follow code. But here, a lot of the time they aren’t broken off.
@@servalcat i wrote the same comment before i read yours that the screw is suppose to be broken off, if it fails you replace both again
Excellent!!!! New Sub
In MN they tend to snap the allen set screw. Usually gotta drill em out. Heads up
Thank-you.
Awesome information so thank you. Those strap wrenches come in handy a lot!😊
Truly excellent teacher! Thanks à lot.
Thank you.
If you flip the Teflon tape over, you can keep pressure on the tape while your covering the threads. On old threads use both tape & sealant, sealant works as an lubricant when tightening.
Also the Faucet has a flattened spot by the screw slots for a wrench.
Also this is the wrong spigot for an outside hose, unless you drain the pipe every winter. Even the right ones should be drained in winter.
drained before?, during, or after a hard freeze or extended below freezing temps?
@@oliveiramusic4u
After a hard freeze may be too late, once it expands it will leak when thawed,,
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Did not know about but always use a frost-proof one.
I honestly had no idea those attachements were to prevent backflow. I thought they were to prevent our hoses from freezing by releasing the water after use.
TIL vacuum breakers for hose bibs are a thing! 👍
I had a guy replace a frost proof outdoor water faucet that started leaking after the freeze we had here in Texas a few years ago. The faucet is pointed to the side and not down. I'm assuming that is because that's where it was pointed when it was tightened up. What do you do in a case like that? Thanks.
I appreciate the way you always point out the obvious bc
the obvious are the things I tend to over look....
Costing me not only $$ but a seemingly never ending additional hour
to every 15 min job around the house.
Your always the best man...many thanks!
thanks!
Vacuum breakers as you said are not needed 100% of the time as it depends on what you will use the hose bib for. With that said, they also are a PITA when it comes to decent water flow as they restrict water flow to an amount less than the hose bib can supply. They also tend to malfunction at times and require replacement. It is interesting that "code" requires them without knowing what purposes the homeowner will use them for...not everyone uses them for spraying chemicals.
I always stopped the water from going back into the system by closing the valve when I'm done. I always thought that worked pretty well.
@@jime8532 no doubt! I understand the concept of the back flow preventer, but when you turn the valve off where does the back flow get around the closed valve? Makes no sense to me!
Regardless of what you are using your hose for, most garden hoses are made of material that can be toxic, especially when laying in the elements, and labels warn against drinking from them and it being necessary to wash your hand after handling them.
I just installed 1/4 turn bibs on my houses 2 bibs. Do you have any thoughts good or bad about 1/4 turns? Is the normal/standard 3'ish turns bibs better or safer? are 1/4 turns reliable?
Nothing wrong with 1/4 faucets. Really just a preference thing.
1/4 turn uses a ball valve, much more reliable design, far less likely to leak, also allows for greater flow.
When I discovered them. I thought... Why doesn't everyone use these. Then I see brand new normal spickets and just don't see any advantage to them. I'll never use or install anything other than 1/4 turns
Those backflow preventers greatly reduce output flow. I removed all of mine and now you can actually use the hose with more than 20 psi. (Pcv is open all. The way). Increased flow more than double.
Would you tell your local funeral home or pharmacy the same thing. Or perhaps a chemical plant. Your neighbor could have a hose thrown into a radiator full of anti freeze at same time as a water shut down event and you will have antifreeze in your safe drinking water unless there is an anti siphon or backflow device of some kind. Imagine if your neighbor performed autopsies.
@@joshualux8309 I just don't have a belief that they perform any function other than restriction and they came at the same time that are good buddy Obama put 1.5 gallon per minute on every shower head produced and got rid of light bulbs but you didn't fail to implement the tanning bed tax which he obviously has no applicability if he were tanning he wouldn't ttax you... It's just more do what I say not what I do. Watch me burn 30000 gallons of fuel in my Learjet while you go look for some carbon credits.0 and so how's the hose or other device going to suck something back into the water system will you shut the valve off to terminate the flow. Where is it going to go.
Why would you use the flat back bib with a gap vs the same type that is already on there. Isn’t the flat back to mount to the wall?
Because it’s all my local stores carry. Nothing wrong with using it.
Nothing wrong with it, just looks bad.
I took those silly things off years ago. Water backflowing into the house and overcoming city pressure, and making it's way to another outlet and into my body WILL. NOT. HAPPEN. 🙃
Good video, tho.
My home, 2006, had 7/8 male not 3/4 with a crimped back flow. Had to replace a 5 since the back flows will go bad. Thank goodness the plumbers left barely no pipe exposed so I had to chisle away the brick. Thank goodness professional are building homes. Few minute job took well over 2 hours.
I have a very similar setup but my pipe coming out of the house sits in a somewhat hollow hole. What is the sealant I see around the pipe exit?
I always use flex seal
Nice
Plumber tape and pipe dope perform different job one for sealing one for friction
I have been doing plumbing for 35 years and always applied dope first to the threads and then Teflon tape. Anything less than that have had leaks
Never had that issue.
Thank you and a comment for your algorithm!
Much appreciated!
i like your video
I was hoping you would show the vacuum breaker blast out water after you shut the water off with a hose attached...and maybe explain why that happens.
Keep up the great work brother. LOVE your content.
I removed those vacuum breakers on all my outdoor faucets for exactly that reason. I was fed up with all the water spraying everywhere every time I would cut off the water supply. Made a big mess including water all over my clothes and shoes. As a side note, I also replaced all the faucets with 1/4-turn valves which work like a charm compared to the screw in/out valves.
The spray comes from the pressure in the hose AFTER the water is turned off. It has to go somewhere so either you hold the trigger on your nozzle to release it or it comes back through the vac breaker. That's why the holes exist.
@@stevenz933 Same here I removed all mine got tired of getting spayed with water every time I shut it off with hose on it.
What are your thought on using a wrench handle in the spigot to twist the new bib on?
I think whatever gets the job done as safely and efficiently as possible without damaging it beyond what you personally can bare is good. Doing it that way probably wouldn’t damage the spigot but depend on what the wrench handle is made of it could potentially break. I have seen some lesser expensive tools made of pot metal which is pretty easily broken.
I just watched you replace the washer only, which looked pretty easy for an old lady like me to do, so I was happy 😊. But now you are replacing the entire spigot?? I really don’t wanna get into something too deep and mess stuff up, cuz I live in a rental. My hose is not turning off completely and it’s running constantly, I don’t mean just a drip or 2, I’m wasting tons of water 😩 Since my spigot looks completely different than yours, mine is sideways… do you think that just replacing the washer will work? My landlord likes to raise my rent every time he has to repair something, even a doorknob, so I try to do everything myself watching RUclips. 👍 I think I do a pretty good job.
Did anyone help you with your question?
@@Gods-Elect ….. No answer yet, but my problem seems to be solved. After watching this entire video.. the spigot replacement wasn’t as scary as I thought, I think I could have done it. The word DANGEROUS 😳 is what scared me. Luckily my brother came to the rescue with a brand new “sideways spigot”. I didn’t think we would find that type for some reason, I’ve never seen one before. Thanks for the great video. I will “text” it to him, cuz I’m sure he won’t appreciate his sister showing him how to repair something, he never does. But I’ll be standing by, just in case he needs my help 🤭
@@NEILZEE11 Great you got it fixed I was worried about you with your water running like that.
Not nice of your landlord raising rent when you need somthing fixed when its his job.
Have a great day.
So just changed mine but tightened it with my hand then a wrench after and put a little bucket under it and noticed have a little leak ? I’m worried if I try and tighten it more it will break
Could you not take the tap apart and replace the seats?
My hose bib s probably 25 yrs old and is apparently frozen to the threads as it won’t budge. Naturally, I’m afraid to put too much torque to break the threads loose concerned I’ll damage the interior pipe. Any suggestions?
Can you get to the pipe in a basement or crawlspace?
@@ngarber Nope. On a slab. Thank you though.
Lower your pipe wrench so that the movable jaw make 3 points of contact with the pipe to lessen the chance of distorting the pipe; (Rich Trethewy tip)
my spigot is not turning even with pipe wrench, will putting some wd40 or using hair dryer first work to loosen it?
Many years of plumbing in public facilities. Not sure where you're at but in California the CDHS made us remove those type of anti siphon devices. They are faulty and it's also been my experience that they do not protect from anti siphoning. They're a false since if security. The better alternatives are atmospheric vacuum breakers. Far superior.
FYI any time there is a rubber gasket (like in the vacuum breaker) you do not need Teflon tape on the threads.
I use it because they are notorious for leaking, with or without the gasket.
Correct. Garden threads are not designed to seal. Unlike this vac-breaker, most female threads are swivel, so putting sealant between those threads accomplishes nothing. -Except possibly causing threads to bind before the rubber ring can seal.
Tape is not a sealant. It fights against friction, allowing you to tight the two parts together. Pipe dope is for sealant, and that is why you see ppl using both tape and pipe dope
Unroll the tape the opposite way than shown here.
It is easier to keep the tape tight, & there is less chance of bubbling it up underneath.
Where are the links to buy the items? Great video
Thank you very much. Really glad to hear you liked it! Everything shown in the video is below the video itself, in the description.
Ok I need to get my hose bib done ✅ good timing for the post👍
Oh good! Really glad that this came out at a good time for you Clarence. Have fun with the project!
I like your videos. Very well done and I learn a lot.
Love your content. Thank you!!
You are very welcome. Really glad to hear you liked it so much. Thanks a lot for the feedback!
When putting the Teflon tape on, turn the roll over and then wrap clockwise like you did. It stays tight as you wrap it so you don’t have to keep unravelling it
..... The head is supposed to snap off the screw, causing a permanent attachment. Most inspectors look for the head to be broken, making sure the home owner does not remove the vacuum breaker after the inspector leaves, which is what most people do because the cheap metals we get now are crap. Most vacuum breakers clog and cause severe water volume issues and are a general maintenance pain in the butt, and because you are supposed to permanently attach them, have to be removed with a sawzall or oscillating tool. I have never seen or even heard of someone polluting their water line because they did not have some sort of check valve on their hose bib. Who buys a silcock that does not reach the house?? weird.
I would still put two holddown screws on the flange of the spigot. These spigot experience a lot of side thrust which could damage the pipe.
not marring up the new hose bib..... I never thought about caring about that before.... I guess it's good to be aware that some people might care about that. I grew up on a farm. It was all about making it work, not so much making it pretty.
Hi, I'm in a bit of a dilemma. Our back yard water spigot worked fine before the knob fell off and was misplaced. Family members started to use vice grips turn the water off & on. Over time the post was totally destroyed & we can't turn on the water at all. Do we need to replace the whole spigot, or is it possible to just get a replacement valve where the knob & post are attached?
It’s possible yes but in that case I would just buy a whole new spigot and start new.
I’d probably try to find an exact match for the cock and swap the stem out of it.
Replace entire valve, they not that much!