EP 45: It's Always Something | Repairing a Leaking Outdoor Faucet 

Has this happened to you?

I kept getting water in my basement in a small area....the carpet would get wet.... finally decided to do some digging to find out what the issue is. The spigot is directly outside of where the wetness keeps appearing. Thank you for this man, I know what I'm doing tomorrow!

Omg same thing... Bought this house last year... And every weekend it's something new.

Good stuff. Thanks for your time!

Nice, I wish it was that easy for me. Here in Michigan, our frost-free outdoor faucets are 10-12" long, which means they are plumbed inside walls. In my case finished inside walls. I've had to do 3 so far, one more to go but it's in a finished ceiling with textured drywall.

Thanks so much... now I have the confidence to fix my house!

This was a big help, especially after the frost. Thanks for getting me on track.

Thanks a million! Had same issue! YOU ARE A SAINT... actually your Father in Law... for the solution and for you posting this video!

You made that look super easy. TFS

Good video. Got the same issue. Thank you.

It never fails when you want to do something, something happens. Back to the bar...

Haha same exact thing happened to me today, only I wanted to wash my bike. Pita !!!

Thanks!

I was a little surprized you were able to break that old faucet loose so easily. I know around here most often they have to cut out some drywall inside in order to repair most faucets. I see a lot of these every year due to my job. I need to use my customer's faucets on an almost daily basis. I've seen a number of flooding in homes due to this problem. Just in the last month one customer had a badly flooded basement and lost a lot of carpet and other expenses due to it. I always recommend covering the faucet with something in winter even if it's a supposedly freeze proof faucet. Trust me, there is no such thing. Any faucet can freeze and burst. In fact the faucets that are designed not to freeze are by far the worst of all in my experience. Most of the ones in my area were not installed correctly. They should be perfectly sealed against the wall and they are supposed to have a slight pitch downward so all the water will drain once you remove the hose. It is extremely rare I see a correctly installed faucet in my area. Freezing faucets that burst like that is quite a common occurrance here in SE Missouri. Been seeing this since 1987 and nothing has changed even on fairly new homes!!! COVER YOUR FAUCETS and you will not likely ever have this happen again.

Joshua bro, thank you for your videos. Same thing happened to me and you save me 500 box. Blessings!

helpful video, thanks! I see water leaks in the crawl space when I use the garden faucet. It can be a similar problem to yours.

Thank u

Thank you.

Thanks

Bullshit day today flooded newly finished basement .just wanted to power wash the driveway 🙈always some bullshit

I needed to see you taking out faucet dog gone it

Mine feels like I'll break the pipe when I try and unscrew it, and of course it's behind a wall under the house, so I can't tell if it's soldered or if threaded.

I have the same problem on 2 valves hop can unscrew and remplace the same way thanks you

I put my hose bibs and went to go water the grass around my barbecue pit and water started coming out of the wall.

and the bonus is there doesn't seem to be an anti-siphon (back flow preventer) on the new spigot!

Your neighborhood looks identical to mine in Oklahoma.

What part of Texas? I have the same issue. Can you help fix mine and I’ll buy you pizza and a pack of beer? lol I’m in Fort Worth.

Nice video! But damn who did your brick work that looks like the sloppiest cement job I’ve ever seen between the bricks

that brick work is the worst i seen

Wil that hurt the copper piping behind the wall?

Teflon tape? Thanks!

So newbie here why does it only leak when you turn on the faucet while the pipe is broken i am still racking my brain around that rite now all my water is just fine it only leak when i turn on the faucet outside

This is what happened in my house and the water leaked into two bedrooms destroying the carpet in one. How do you know if it's just the spicket or if it's a pipe deeper in the wall? Does the whole wall have to be cut into outside if I have wood siding?

Whats a hose bib

Hey, why did you turn off the water to entire house? Can't you just turn off water cut off near this hose water line?

Just curious...is your house plumbed with copper?

Faucet leak

needed to see removal, didnt do it yourself?

Joshua B. How old is your house?

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