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gogi

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:mad: I screwed up.

I waited too long before removing the garden hose outside my house from the faucet. I know, idiot! IT was really warm in North Jersey in Decmber through January, so I was getting in some extra work. Well it turned cold fast and when I tried to unscrew the garden hose it snapped the threads off.

Spring is here and I know have to get this fixed. I located the shut off valve inside the basement before the pipe punches through the wall to the outside. How should I go about repairing this? Can I get the needed parts at Home depot? I think I need a new faucet and some pipe to either connect all the way back to the shut off valve . Can I just attach a new faucet to the outside? I know this is pretty simple stuff for the pros on this forum, but I just need some inital guidance.

Any help is appreciated...!

Gogi:confused:
 

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Tough to tell without a picture. There are many ways it could have been done.
Parts can be found at the hardware stores for it.
 

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If the supply comes straight out of the crawl space or the end of the basement, if it's a copper line, you should be able to cut that line inside and wiggle it out of the end of the house. Solder on a new frost proof, make sure it slopes the outside, then solder it back together inside with a coupling.

If its galvanized you may be able to unscrew it on the inside and pull it out enough to screw a new one on the end of the pipe then push the whole thing back and reattach it inside.
 
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