JASON ROBBINS I’ve learned when it comes to doing plumbing on the house start early in the day so I have plenty of time to buy all the stuff I forgot or fix my mistakes before it’s night time and the big stores are closed lol
No mention the pipe cutter is for 1/2” only or copper requires sanding before soldiering or the size of the hole saw. This could be a major issue for a new DIY person. Many of their videos lack details to help. Low production value.
The only issue is the installation of that faucet. The MFG says that you have to install the faucet with a downward slope so the water lines can drain when the valve is shut off. The installation shows the opposite, the lines are sloped backwards (due to the shape of the siding), so water will pool against seats rather than drain out of the spigot.
I've installed a few of these and they are nice. Anytime I install a hose bib or fan vent I like to use cedar blocking to avoid messing with the angle on the siding, and it just looks better. A flat block also helps you get the proper angle on your hose bib so it can drain.
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I installed the exact one at my house.I ordered it for the thickness of the wall.So I got 10 inch with about an 1 1/2 inside so it won't freeze.The one they installed here is way too short.They have water 4 inches from outside wall.The other thing they did wrong was not tilt it forward for draining.I drilled mine on slight angle,so it tips downward to drain water out.
You want to make sure to disconnect hose in the winter time or frost-free faucets will still freeze it happened to me. and you'll have to cut the wall open inside the house to disconnect it
@@IFlyPGD not everyone watching this video is specifically resarching this topic...some are subscribed to this channel cuz they like the show and watch out of curiosity.
Thanks. I will do the same thing to my yard. I think in cold climate regions, it is always good to wrap the in wall pipe with insulation to prevent freezing.
Existing shutoff, existing faucet, and existing hot/cold lines are conveniently located with inches of each other, inside the conditioned part of the home. Talk about luck...
danceswithdirt - There's nothing against code that I see. The garbage disposal outlet is probably tied into the GFI outlets on the counter tops. He did "split the gap" sort to speak with assuming the NM wire was properly installed (taught in the wall and stapled) when drilling.
Is there any risk of contaminated water from a pool filling up and coming back into the house water supply? If not, I am going to install this next week. I am lucky enough to have my kitchen sink cabinet, and outside spigot really close to each other. I'll take any tips or advice before I install it in the next week or so. I'm in Colorado if that makes a difference. 6/23/2021
I know this is an old comment so I'm sure you've found the answer but I wanted to address this for anyone who sees the comment. The plastic cap on the top of that spigot covers the anti-siphon valve which is there to prevent the backflow condition.
Too bad it's installed with reverse grade and it will never drain out properly. to install a frost free hose bib correctly it must be installed with a slight amount of pitch towards the outside or the water will never drain out completely after you turn it off. Very common mistake. It will freeze, split, and then leak inside the cabinet when it's turned on.
ideally with lap siding, especially in new construction, you'd want to install the hose bib on a mounting block and the siding would butt up against that block. that way the flat mounting surface of the hose bib wouldn't be forced to follow the angle of the lap siding. Could have been done in this situation too just would have had to take a fein tool or something to cut the siding and make a spacer block to fit. laziness/tv editing for people who don't know the difference I guess.
You only need to get the pieces to 220-250C to melt 95-99% tin lead-free solder (temperature depends on solder alloy) and teflon melts at 326C. Don't over-heat the joint and the teflon will be just fine. With only a 70C error margin though, it is easy to overshoot the amount of torch heat needed to get there. Of course, better safe than sorry and it doesn't cost anything to assemble the extensions before applying the teflon, so I prefer doing the soldering before teflon and screwing wherever possible too.
I have a mixer similar to this and when I'm using it outside the cold water in the house gets warm, the hot is backing into the house cold line. Is there a way to stop that!!?
In regards to washing the car in the winter one should keep in mind what the hot water does on the driveway as the car is being washed which can easily lead to a cast on some appendage.
For a few years now, I've toyed with the idea of running softened water to an outdoor tap, for washing & rinsing cars & motorcycles with much less water spotting.
There was a mistake made when this was installed. When installing a frost-proof faucet, it must be sloped downward toward the spigot. This allows any remaining water to drain out after the valves have been closed. It is this draining process that prevents ice from causing damage. Unfortunately, this install was back-sloped due to angled face of the siding.
This is cool, something that I have wanted to do. I have seen another popular RU-vid plumber, Steve Lav, do something similar in a firehouse. He just installed a tee on the inside of the garage and combined the hot and cold with a separate ball valve for the hot so they can adjust it from inside, as he said, to just take the chill out of the water. That's what I thought about doing in my basement in the future, easy ceiling access with hot and cold nearby due to the frost freeze being located right above the laundry tubs and wash machine. Probably an easier and cheaper method overall without having to drill a second hole in the exterior wall.
No, they make compression fittings for copper pipe. You can correctly install them on cleaned pipe with a couple of wrenches. Also, there are various brands of push to connect fittings. Some people distrust them, but I’ve never experienced one failing short of installer error. With plumbing, there are always options.
I'm a licensed plumber, Been doing it for 27 years here in NC. This is incorrect. It has backfill which will keep it from draining properly to prevent freezing. You can't dispute facts dude.
Shame you couldn't have installed it level. Also, I doubt those small screws are going to hold after decades of tugging the faucet in different directions on the end of a hose.
jej3451 I agree with the leveling part. But screws and silicone are more than enough to keep it in place. If you’re worried about it moving just use longer screws.
I'm her neighbor. About two weeks after they finished filming at her house, her husband broke the faucet after a normal tug. She had to call a plumber to go back to just a cold faucet.
It's actually supposed to have slope the opposite of what he did so that the water will drain out. It will probably freeze! Crappy work from the way my eyes saw it.
Traditionally yes, but I believe the idea here is that there will always be warm water (unless she turns off the shut-off inside) in one of the pipes hence, with induction, preventing the unit from freezing.
the water that drains back into the pipe will not be cold after like 20 minutes, he's saying gravity will keep the water in the pipes instead of draining out of the spout and if you try and use them in the winter they will more than likely crack . So in reality he just wasted her's and our time because he installed it wrong
How about installing a single mixing valve inside, that will give you 80* outside at any time, and then you can just install a single frost free faucet.
So why does the description for this video say that costs $700? Isn’t the point of this channel to teach DIY. So in what world do those materials cost that much?
He'll, I'm a licensed plumber and wouldn't charge half that...that's ridiculous! I guess I need to charge more! And he did it incorrectly. It has backfall, which will not allow it to drain correctly to prevent freezing.
You know they live in a hot area when they dont have insulated copper pipes. I leave just 10 mm on my copper pipe and it starts dripping everywhere from condensation.
Man I feel like in the south(Nashville native) you can get away with a lot more bullshit when it comes to building your house. Freezing pipes, that really isn't much of a concern here unless you leave your hose connected to the tap like an idiot(been there, done that lol)
I thought you were not allowed to put water lines near electrical outlets unless they were GFCI? At 3:07 looks like codes violation and potential hazard. Hope children visiting that old house remain safe.
There isn't even a way to remove the trap itself! I'm so used to LA code P traps on a kitchen sink...they installed a solvent weld P trap. Looks like the contractor they hired to remodel their kitchen didn't really care about plumbing...
Jake Drage to install an outdoor shower adjacent to a pool, to install an outdoor kitchen sink set up for clean-up purposes, to wash the dirty dogs/kids/yourself after doing dirty work/play...why would there be no purpose?
