How to replace garden faucet / outside spigot 

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Not perfect... Pipe tape only goes on one way. I personally hold tape in left hand and spin fitting as if I was installing. His will peel tape off and not seal.

True , true. Now only one question: how do you find out if it is soldered or treaded?

If you follow steps ,you would have water shut off for the whole house. So nasty leak would only happen if you open it back up.

@@LegacyHandyman This is what I want to know. How do I figure this out if the connection is inside a wall?

@@MalSEA It's no way to find out . You can take out brick but if it isn't soldered you just waisted time. So step one try to unscrew .step 2 (if it breaks) take out brick and repair it. Note. Skip step 2 if you got it unscrewed.

@@LegacyHandyman Suppose the pipe is not soldered inside, couldn't you still have the same problem if the spigot is screwed in tight? It seems as though you need a 2nd person inside the house with pliers to hole the pipe from moving. Not blaming you, but it seems like whomever first installed this spigot did a really poor job and made it really difficult to ever repair. They should've had the pipe come outside the house so that you can unscrew it completely outside while holding the the pipe. I have this problem at my house where the prior owner installed things in a way that's impossible to ever repair, really pisses me off.

Did it take you several days?

Do you need the vacuum breaker if you turn off the tap inside and drain it for winter?

The vacuum breaker is designed to prevent a syphon of water back into your house.

So true!

I made the ultimate mistake and assumed mine was also screwed in. It wasn't visible from the inside so I took my chances. Shouldn't of assumed that haha. $780 emergency repair. Fun times. Lesson learned.

@@digitalsmithy oh no!

Same reason I am having a plumber come. if it's screwable like this, he will have it done in no time. If not, then it may mean having to cut the drywall to get to it. Hope not because the bathroom is wallpapered. If he can cut the wood panel to get to it, then that is what will happen. Can just calk or wood putty and paint around the part that got cut and went back up. Plus, water will have to be shut at main line and I don't have that tool. Live in a townhouse. I can patch a broken copper line, but not going to mess with this. Paying $100.00 is a lot cheaper than doing major damage.

fwiw soldering copper pipe is easy - you'll need prep items like sandpaper, flux, a torch etc - but all told you're talking less than $75 - watch a few quick how to vids on yt and you'll be a copper soldering doctor in no time. get some scrap pipe from your local hardware store to test on and you can save yourself oodles of money in the long run.

@@trvman1 $100 you serious, can you put a contact phone number for that handyman? I got a quote for $250 and $375 - replace it myself in about 20 mins

Thank you! Be careful, some people are complaining that their faucets are soldered inside the wall.

@@LegacyHandyman if it doesnt give initially I should believe its soldered

Sometimes it's hard to understand if it's soldered or not. Anyway, if it's soldered you'll have to disassemble the wall...

He didn't even wrap the threads the right way. Please dont plumb

Hi, I am sorry for your experience. But 00:06 we show that you need to shut off the water for the house. Even if you would unscrew it, it would flood your basement.

@@LegacyHandyman water was shut off. My problem was the spigot doesn't unscrew. It was soldered in. I had no way to know that

Nobody does. Unless you installed it yourself. Trust me, I had the same experience before. But the first thing you do is trying to unscrew it. If it breaks then you take bricks out and repair it. Sometimes you get lucky, sometimes you don't.

Legacy, This is good to know. U might want to include this info. with one or all of the following: 1. Edit your video, 2. Edit the description, or 3. Pin a comment to the top.

Let's hope you didn't try this on a weekend!

Don’t, make sure you wrap the Teflon the oposite coarse direction. And do make sure you don’t have leaks, this guy didn’t show that.

dude I'm dyin 😂😂 but yeah he made it look easy.

Haha....

I notice that too

It was applied correctly, you're just looking at it backwards

Nope he wrapped it the same direction that he screwed it on. You are incorrect.

@@ElusiveDirtyd watch it again and you will see he did it wrong

what do they say?

There is usually a nut on top of the knob, see if that’s tight. If not, you can actually take apart the knob and maybe inspect/replace the washer in there.

You are most welcome

You can. Foam is not rigid enough. Cement is much stronger and will last longer. 👍

What about using previously chewed gum? It's free.

I mix hay and mud together.... but then, I'm an Indian.

yes it should be wrapped other direction

yes it matters. he put the teflon tape on in the wrong direction

@@LegacyHandyman Ok, so the rule of thumb would be that if you are facing the open pipe thread side, you want to wind the tape clockwise?

Hold the end of the teflon tape tightly against the end of the pipe threads with your left thumb. Stretch the tape tightly crossing sharply to the starring threads. Begin wrapping from that point with the tape tightly wound and over lapping about half the width of the tape. The tape should always be wound rightly in the direction the threads are going. (pipe threads always right hand). If tape is not wound tightly & clock wise looking at the end of the pipe it will unwind & may not even enter the female fitting with the pipe threads.

Thanks for watching!

You bet!

It isn't hard if you have right tools. thank you for your comment.

Thanks for watching!

you can potentially send me an invoice.

You will see wet spot at the concrete foundation.

Inside where??? My water line is in the wall!

@@NickCager the other side of that wall

Oyf

Inside where exactly. Waterline in the wall so we knock down the wall so we can hold the water line LOL

Agree . You should be prepared to spend more time / money . Or if you don't feel up to the tack hire someone to do it for you. But here is a deal , the person who is going to do it for you is going to charge you for the risks he is going to take . So it is up to you ....

Right?! I'm just tryin to replace a faucet, I'm not lookin to knock anyone's teeth out. lol

What is pipe wrench? 😂

good catch.

If you want to be sure you can take couple of bricks out and inspect.

@@LegacyHandyman that’s not a bad idea. Thanks.

Great video, do you have any advice towards a concrete slab house, turning the faucet to the left to remove and it just spins not breaking free?

@@davidrainey5131 probably pex or a shark bite

Thank you.

if it leaks you will see water coming out of whip holes. another way to check is to note what your meter shows and check again in a couple of hours if the numbers are matching you good to go

Thanks for your coment. You would see water on outside first. It would start leaking from the weep holes.

yes , other direction than in this video.

No .sometimes it is soldered.

Very rare ! the pipe inside usually is solder,not supported and needs cut apart,unsoldered or use of a backup wrench inside to keep pipes from twisting on the wall. Never loose a faucet without knowing what is inside.

Will the solder or thread show in the basement or is it buried in the wall? I dont want to use this screw method only to twist and damage the copper inside.

No... sometimes you have to get them a little drunk first.

It should be secured so you don't have to hold it. But it isn't always a case. However you shut off everything in the house and watch water meter . And watch sheep holes it should be dry.

@Weiwei Su old homes like 42 years old some of the deals they did back then with the plumbing in the house

Use drill with masonary bid , take mortar out around bricks till you have enough room to work on it . Make repair than put brick back same way it was.

It will . With pex it has to be threaded peace because it is no other way to connect it.

Very good. If you read comments , you will notice that we already discussed this issue. Yes you are right, I should have wrap it other direction. And it could have potentially leak .

@@LegacyHandyman Thanks a lot for replying and clarifying this issue. Wish you the best of luck.

Legacy Handyman How did you know it was threaded into a female adapt or fitting. How did you know it wasn't soldered?

Rusty pipes often break when you unscrew, no fight in them.

I will work on it.

if you can shut it off locally, of course, you don't need to shut off the whole house. Make sure that it works first.

I like to call the water department and have the entire city's water shut off.

Then you would have to fix it . But if you ask this question you should probably call someone to do it for you.

You're replacing it so what difference would it make...? Don't try to bring the dude down by asking dumb questions

@@SoWillCoGOP I'm not talking about the exposed pipe genius I'm talking about the pipe BEHIND the brick wall, guess you would make the same dumb mistake.

@@saints9532 The pipe attached to the replacement spigot is about 6 inches long. A normal drill bit wouldn't drill in far enough to do any damage, except to the part that you're replacing.

You have to have some common sense, otherwise go back to work in the kitchen 🤣

I was wondering about that myself....how do you know if it's leaking at the threaded site?

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Pros use leaky shark bites? 😑 I rather get the job done right and not worry about shark bite designed for convenience.

I use Quikrete mix that come in the box. Similar to this amzn.to/46UE7Z5

depends on usage .

happens sometimes.

You are talking about vacuum breaker

yes I came across few of soldered ones. but I will take my chances trying to unscrew it first, if it breaks, then you would have to take out brick and repair it anyway.

You can rebuild it in most cases. Sometime valve seat is damaged and it is kind of part of the faucet body, in this case you would have to replace the whole faucet

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If you have a leak you would have to do same process over again.

Would you move the pipe inside a wall or should we move a wall ?

@@LegacyHandyman cut and re-thread the pipe so its the correct length

@@LegacyHandyman you're thinking, "oh, yea... duh "

@@LegacyHandyman that kind of work would sure keep me from calling you back to do more work...

@@alchase5062 no I am not . If you watch this video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1B5uNU66yWI.html ,you would understand operation and , see that you can not shorten this setup.

anywhere from $ 200 to $ 500