Best way to remove this Frost Free Spigot

[nicoboy2]

My frost free spigot froze and started leaking all over my basement wall and I've been researching how to replace it. Opened up some access in the drywall of my basement and saw that the connection is somewhere in the stud:

right side of stud

Left of Stud

How do I go about disconnecting this so I can remove the spigot?

Can I just clamp the right side and turn the left side with a wrench? If I do that wouldn't the white CPVC pipe twist?

Looks to be PEX
Terry Love

 

[Reach4]

How long do you think the existing frost free spigot is? Is that 1/2 inch pex?

Which direction were you planning to turn that hex in the photo? While I was thinking CCW, that may not be right.

Cutting the PEX may be involved in the solution.

 

[Sponsor]

 

[nicoboy2]

How long do you think the existing frost free spigot is? Is that 1/2 inch PEX?

Which direction were you planning to turn that hex in the photo? While I was thinking CCW, that may not be right.

Cutting the PEX may be involved in the solution.

The spigot is about 10 inches. The PEX I think is 1/2. I was thinking of turning it counter clock wise.

 

[Terry]

The threads go on clockwise and off counter to that.

 

[nicoboy2]

The threads go on clockwise and off counter to that.

Can I turn it or will that twist the PEX and possibly affect the crimp?

 

[Terry]

You need wrenches on both sides. On the nut and on the faucet. The faucet will need to spin off and the nut stays. It stays in place, or you're going to twist if off something awful.
Or cut the PEX and use a Sharkbite to reinstall a new frostfree hosebib.

 

[nicoboy2]

You need wrenches on both sides. On the nut and on the faucet. The faucet will need to spin off and the nut stays. It stays in place, or you're going to twist if off something awful.
Or cut the PEX and use a Sharkbite to reinstall a new frostfree hosebib.

Thanks for the recommendation

 

[Reach4]

Another possibility is to crimp or clamp the cut pex on a new pex-input frost free sillcock. They are avalable in 14, 16, and 18 inch.

The Sharkbite unit could do that too, with no tool required. https://www.sharkbite.com/products/frost-free-sillcock

You would need to get the pex cut precisely I think.

 

[nicoboy2]

The sharkbite looks like the easiest option. Thanks