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I posted a thread a long while back about fixing a leaking outdoor faucet. I tried to replace the washer at the end of the stem and it didn't fix the badly leaking faucet. Apparently either the seat is really bad or the mechanism just isn't properly sealing.
So, it looks like I'm going to have to replace the whole thing. I was in a home depot last night for another project and decided to check out the frost-free faucets. I noticed that they all look to be threaded to simply screw into a pipe.
I have the water turned off to mine from the inside valve in the basement and I just don't use it. My basement is finished so I have a tough time getting to the valve and to pipes that are near the outside wall of the house. The framing gets in the way.
My question is this... Is is safe for me to try to unscrew the entire faucet out from the rest of the plumbing from the outside? It seems that if I could just turn the whole thing from the outside that it should unscrew it. And I'm assuming that the shutoff valve that I have off would prevent any water from spewing into the basement.
If this is OK, could I then just put some teflon tape around the new faucet and screw it in the same way?
Thanks for any advice.
So, it looks like I'm going to have to replace the whole thing. I was in a home depot last night for another project and decided to check out the frost-free faucets. I noticed that they all look to be threaded to simply screw into a pipe.
I have the water turned off to mine from the inside valve in the basement and I just don't use it. My basement is finished so I have a tough time getting to the valve and to pipes that are near the outside wall of the house. The framing gets in the way.
My question is this... Is is safe for me to try to unscrew the entire faucet out from the rest of the plumbing from the outside? It seems that if I could just turn the whole thing from the outside that it should unscrew it. And I'm assuming that the shutoff valve that I have off would prevent any water from spewing into the basement.
If this is OK, could I then just put some teflon tape around the new faucet and screw it in the same way?
Thanks for any advice.