The biggest tip for people to remember when installing a freeze proof faucet is to make sure they are installed with a slope. The spigot should be lower than the back connection. The slope allows any water left inside, when cut off, to easily drain out. If you fail to do this, you create a trap that allows water to stay inside the faucet when turned off and in turn freeze.
I want to add, you make this stuff look easy, I get told that a lot, and I appreciate the fact that you caulked the boards that you removed. Those little things are what set you and I apart from those other guys, it's also why everyone keeps calling us back.
First comment was before I made it to the end. I have to say that it is difficult to find people who actually care about their work. It's amazing that you went out of your way to paint everything back to match. Highly appreciated even though it wasn't my house.
Dude, checking and replacing the o-ring in the garden hose is serious attention to detail. I don't know many others that would even check it, much less change it.
So if that were a brick exterior (solid brick, not the brick slices), would you have to break the brick out, repair the faucet, and replace the brick with a new one (or several)? I would love to see that. It would be a lot of work, but possibly doable……? Sometimes there isn’t access behind the wall and in my case, the faucet is mounted snug up against the brick so I can’t tell if it’s a screw-on or soldered (house built in 1965 and faucet looked like it may be original).
I just discovered our hose pipe busted over the winter and I've been trying to decide if I'm able to do this myself. This video just gave me some confidence. Thank you for this!
Thanks for posting and sharing this! About to change mine out and I’m always checking your channel to see if you have a video on how to do it. You make me want to be a handyman, brother. Thanks !
