Every winter the pipe outside my home that goes to the hose, leaks. I drain the pipe before winter, but the ball valve that is inside the house lets a dribble of water through, even though it is closed and after a winter of expanding and contracting with water in it, it leaks. So I am unable to turn off this dribble.
Inside thew house, in a close proximity we have the cold water pipe that goes to other parts of the house. T'ing off to this it goes to a ball valve, and then to a drain valve, and then through the wall (which is over 1 foot thick and made of stone) to the outside valve, and then to the hose.
I would like to get around have to cut out the old ball (it is less than 10 years old) valve and replace it since a) it is up in the basement ceiling b) it is very close to the wood beams which old up the very old floor c) it is very tight (the distance from the ball valve to the drain valve is about an inch. the distance from the water source T to the ball valve is about 5 inches. The distance between the drain value and the exterior wall is about 5 inches.)
Is there anything I can do without having to get a torch into this tight space? Perhaps some pressure fittings using that orange PEX?
Inside thew house, in a close proximity we have the cold water pipe that goes to other parts of the house. T'ing off to this it goes to a ball valve, and then to a drain valve, and then through the wall (which is over 1 foot thick and made of stone) to the outside valve, and then to the hose.
I would like to get around have to cut out the old ball (it is less than 10 years old) valve and replace it since a) it is up in the basement ceiling b) it is very close to the wood beams which old up the very old floor c) it is very tight (the distance from the ball valve to the drain valve is about an inch. the distance from the water source T to the ball valve is about 5 inches. The distance between the drain value and the exterior wall is about 5 inches.)
Is there anything I can do without having to get a torch into this tight space? Perhaps some pressure fittings using that orange PEX?