The CORRECT Way To Replace An Outdoor Faucet | DANGEROUS and Common Mistake DIYers Make!

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In this video I will show you how to replace an outdoor water faucet and go overland fix a big mistake DIYers commonly make when taking on this easy task.
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@HowToHomeDIY 10 месяцев назад

Were you aware of the vacuum breaker? Most DIYers don't so don't feel alone! There are links to everything used in the video in the description! Hope this helps!

@Watchyn_Yarwood 10 месяцев назад

I absolutely was not aware of the vacuum breaker! In my 78 years on planet earth, having replaced countless faucets, having two friends who are plumbers this is a first for me! I once lived in a large city and became aware that lawn sprinkler systems must be equipped with a back flow preventer but not on a faucet. Thanks for letting me know! I have learned so much from your videos.

@p.hightower5383 10 месяцев назад

I loathe vacuum breakers. I understand why they exist but the has to be a better way that will not shoot water all over my legs and feet every time I use the hose. At the least there should be away to channel the water way from the user. So annoying.

@DejNtab 10 месяцев назад

I have the same outdoor faucet but it has a long stick inside and can't replace the faucet handle. HD and Lowe's don't sell this kind anymore and I was told to replace the whole thing with a faucet that's already manufactured with a pipe bc the copper pipe keeps fractured (broken) inside the crawl space right before the galvanized pipe with a connector so rusted installed over a decade.

@shawandrew 10 месяцев назад

Why don't they just call it a check valve? Also, looks like the vacuum breaker has a gasket on it. Really thread tape only helps on tapered threads such as NPT pip threads, where the seal is made on the thread. If the seal is made on a compression fitting such as a JIC or JIS, or on a gasket, then thread tape is not necessary or helpful.

@tmaddrummer 10 месяцев назад

I have never heard of a vacuum breaker, but now I will be looking for 4 of them. Also, I have a hose bib that needs replacement, but it appears that the metal or brass bib is attached to pvc plumbing, so now what? I hope you can help. Thanks and Blessings!

@kgws2663 9 месяцев назад

Thanks for sharing this safety tip. We've used these on our hose bins for 30 years. The brass model you show is the best one. When shutting off the hose that has a closed nozzle on the hose end, watch out for the valve squirting water out under pressure!

@user-hp1qp2mb1r 3 месяца назад

I was freaking out about my leaky spigot! I went ahead and just replaced the entire Bib with the help of your video! Thank you so so much for making this an easy to follow how to! ❤ I subscribed!

@claudiostaiano4752 Месяц назад

Thanks for explaining WHY this is the proper way to replace

@robertpearson8798 10 месяцев назад

You should mention that in most older northern homes without no-freeze outdoor faucets there will usually be a shutoff valve on the inside to shut the valve off for the winter and a small drain cap to drain the line, making it unnecessary to shut off the water to the entire house.

@TyKline 9 месяцев назад

GOOD POINT SIR!!!

@lukewarme9121 8 месяцев назад

I shut the ball valve off in the basement before the first freeze. It’s about 4 feet from the faucet on basement ceiling. Then open the faucet valve outside to drain any water.

@TheSassChan 8 месяцев назад

I came here to say the same thing about there being a shut off inside. 😅 And most I’ve seen are in crawls, basements, or ‘Michigan basements’ thankfully.

@craigdoriety9798 4 месяца назад

Not sure if it was code in 94 but my home in Alabama has an inside cutoff in the basement for all of the hose bibbs. Made it real easy when replacing mine.

@twosongs7396 9 месяцев назад

As a widow whose Beloved Husband used to do everything for, I so appreciate your videos. Thank you!

@ryangoodman3005 Месяц назад

Sorry for your loss. Inspired that you're putting in effort to learn and grow during a tough time

@jennifermcleod6225 3 месяца назад

Great video for a simple spigot replacement! Loved the info on the vacuum breaker, didn’t know what that thing was. now I know what it is and how important it is. Thank you.

@SimplyBubba. 6 месяцев назад

Just wanted to give you some encouragement to keep up with your RU-vid posts! Just a quick google search and I found this video! I appreciate you sharing your knowledge👊

@dinahwarner4346 4 месяца назад

Thanks for making your instructions easy to understand.

@user-st5dg8fo6d 4 месяца назад

Great tutorial, thanks. I watched this and the video about replacing the gasket. Both are great. Thanks.

@rfolks7729 7 месяцев назад

Thank you for explaining the vacuum breaker device. I have them on my faucets. That’s wear I have water leakage when I turn the water off. So I thought that those vacuum breakers needed to come off. Now that I know what it’s for. I’ll just replace the washer. Thank you 😊

@davidtrevi2914 9 месяцев назад

Excellent detail. Thank you!

@user-lq3te2zb8g 3 месяца назад

This as exactly what I needed! Thank you!!!

@jeffreyhenning9994 День назад

Great info!

@emeraldp2012 17 дней назад

Thanks for the good video. Exactly what I needed. Thanks brother! Much love

@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710 10 месяцев назад

This is a good video. Fun with Silcocks, garden valves and hose bibbs.

@lelandcarlson1668 10 месяцев назад

It would be an interesting video to show repair of an existing hose bib, such as washer replacement and/or replacing the packing around the stem.

@MSCAMP116 4 дня назад

Thank you!

@michaellouie4765 11 дней назад

Excellent information

@michaelwood8071 8 дней назад

Good job. Well done and easy to understand. One comment. If the hose bib sitting proud of the siding is bothersome you can always install a piece of wooden trim board to make it fit flush. It just makes the install look nicer. Then pain to match.

@tamelm 3 месяца назад

Great video, very thorough man.

@dagrr8977 9 месяцев назад

Extremely helpful

@michelemarch8270 2 месяца назад

Thank You!

@MH-lk8md 10 месяцев назад

Great info…. Thanks.

@chaddilucchio536 8 месяцев назад

Awesome video, thank you!

@jollymontube Месяц назад

very helpful; thanks, dude

@ronaldlugo3815 6 месяцев назад

Nicely done video. Simple, and very easy to understand. The next video would be how to do this without an external pipe fitted to the faucet.

@erickfox3249 4 дня назад

Thank you

@rickjuhlin799 9 месяцев назад

Very helpful

@tiktookup1937 9 месяцев назад

Thanks for the tip

@markkriston9962 10 месяцев назад

The hose bib has flattened areas for an adjustable wrench right near the screw slots. Also, when you're working with old plumbing that's been compressed or stretched such as the brass nipple coming through the siding, it absolutely is a good idea to use both teflon tape and pipe dope over the top of the tape. Speaking from years and years of experience.

@bc3011 9 месяцев назад

Yep belt and suspenders.

@jpgsf1978 Месяц назад

Nice work !

@john2510 8 месяцев назад

I appreciate that the vacuum breakers are required and appreciate the explanation. That being said, I lived for many decades, and others lived for many decades before that without them. I remember all the times, growing up, when families died from contaminated water that was siphoned back, and people said, "I hope they invent something to stop that." But seriously... I never heard of water siphoning occurring or being a problem of any kind whatsoever. It sounds like paranoia to me. Sounds like a vacuum breaker manufacturer with a good lobbyist. Once silly requirements like that are created, no one has the courage to repeal them. Our old house in the Washington, DC area had no way to shut off the water to the outside faucet. It was subject to freezing, but it never broke.

@KL4life 3 месяца назад

Thank you for mentioning the vacuum breaker because I'm tapping from an outside spigot a line inside the house to use for our drinking water cooler.

@carlamaedke942 3 месяца назад

Thank you sooooooo much!!!

@JocularJane 21 день назад

Thank-you.

@1zshaikh Месяц назад

Thank you.

@johnossendorf9979 10 месяцев назад

Glad you touched on Freez Proof Hose Bibs ! I feel sorry for the people in Texas that found out about frozen plumbing the hard way! I still can't understand why anyone anywhere would have their water heater a other plumbing mounted on the exterior of the house! That's just asking for trouble since freezing temperatures in Texas may be rare but have happened periodically and with in living memory and before.

@rabie4x4 9 месяцев назад

Up here in Amarillo it freezes all the time during the winter, not rarely. Not to mention the harsh winds driving the wind chill into the negatives routinely.

@johnossendorf9979 9 месяцев назад

@@rabie4x4 I'v seen and felt windchill of -60 farenheit here in Columbia County NY. Admittedly that doesn't happen regularly.

@WeTubule 9 месяцев назад

@@rabie4x4 Wind-chill is about rate of cooling. It doesn't cool things below ambient temperature.

@craigottesen5524 9 дней назад

excellent A+

@dasherwoods3915 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for the video

@JamesInSpace914 Месяц назад

Great video, thanks!

@HowToHomeDIY Месяц назад

You bet!

@joewilliams420 9 месяцев назад

The Teflon tape doesn't fill a gap to stop water from Moving through the threads. It acts as a lubricant so you can tighten the tapered thread into the fitting tighter to get a better seal. No need to put it on Garden hose threads, they are not tapered, you have a washer that Makes it water tight. The set screw head is supposed to break off so the vacuum breaker cannot be removed without damaging the threads, making it unusable. An inspector will fail you unless the head is broken off. The Teflon tape is also easier to wrap, If you flip it over to where it's rolling around the pipe instead of rolling against the pipe.

@vinnychose2435 3 месяца назад

thanks for the video

@hobokenrobrivera32 16 дней назад

thanks!

@ehRalph 9 месяцев назад

I use pvc lumber to make shim blocks between the house and the hose bib. Sometimes rectangular and sometimes round using a hole saw to make a 3 1/2” wheel out of a scrap of pvc lumber. Drill out the center and softened the edge with sandpaper. Then you can screw the new bib to the block and hide the pipe extending through the wall.

@TheSassChan 8 месяцев назад

I’ve kept some leftover pvc lumber and that still didn’t occur to me. Thank you! You could always make it look really nice by cutting out the pieces with a hole saw after cutting the smaller hole. So it’s a nice smooth uniform connection.

@davidramey7186 7 месяцев назад

It’s legit gross how expensive pvc lumber became Same with pvc pipe In general the price of pvc went complete out of control with covid

@cryengine_x 7 месяцев назад

@@davidramey7186 you mean because of covid stimulus inflation money printing and biden. covid has been over for years but prices did not go back down. basic logic tells you covid was not the long term issue.

@user-he4mm7yf2k 10 дней назад

I did not realize he was finished with the job with that space between his hose built in the house left un finished. I thought leaving it that way looked crappy. Anyway, each to his own after all the water is more important than how it looks.

@HowToHomeDIY 10 дней назад

@user-he4mm7yf2k the video was more about how to replace one. Those are all my local stores had in stock. Tried to find one like what was originally installed.

@jimw3799 10 месяцев назад

When I sold my house about 8 years ago the inspector pointed out that I didn't have those back flow things on my outside faucets... Home depot had them for about 50 cents, but this seems like a scam someone started to sell the damn things. Highly unlikely a sufficient amount of any diluted chemical is going to back up through the piping in a house.... much bigger things an inspector should be looking for.... What was funny is I left him somethings to find.... like a loose toilet, etc. didn't even mention that stuff.

@NEILZEE11 9 месяцев назад

Most of those guys are a-holes. They live for telling people what to do, and of course, without question, you gotta do it. An “apparently” well known inspector in our town came to check out a wood fence my husband built in our front yard. Of course it didn’t quite meet HIS approval, whatever 🤷‍♀️ Gotta respect that, it’s his job. A few days later I saw him so drunk at a local pub that his head was practically “on the bar”. 🤣 It shouldn’t be something to laugh about, but that didn’t quite meet MY approval, or respect. The loose toilet, classic move 👍

@Garth2011 9 месяцев назад

Home inspections ! They tend to steer off their main target and write up concerns that apply to current codes vs. the codes that were in place when the home was built. We all know that codes are changed now and then, adding, changing etc. how things should be but no home is required to "be up to current code" to sell it nor is it required to own it. the only time newer codes are required on an existing home is when they are remolded, added onto etc. then the local city may require those modified areas of the home be brought up to the current codes for the remolded part. Those home "inspectors" are basically superficial inspection folks who will call out something and then recommend a contractor in that field give their opinion. Most of the inspection they do carries weight in the health and safety subject matter...that's really all that matters to a seller, that they are not putting a buyer in harms way but also at the same time, not guaranteeing conditions or suggesting everything is perfect. Buyers need to know more about "condition" and operation of a residence mostly and then they can focus on the purchase to go forward or backout or ask the seller to credit them on items that are reasonable to fix or replace. Not every seller knows what kind of shape their place is in so, they also could get a surprise by those inspections. The worst inspections are full of lame opinions about conditions vs. function such as a pool heater that is 20 years old and works but the inspector is suggesting "it is beyond its intended lifespan". If it works, how does that opinion lend itself to the buyer? Same about "galvanized plumbing pipes" vs copper. Again, no leaks, water flow good so whats the point being made its not copper plumbing? It continues on and on so you have to wonder if the inspector is just calling out lame things to make his paycheck or attempting to give a report that the buyer could use against the seller for more discounts !

@AMC-eq3jr 9 месяцев назад

Home inspection is a scam unless it is done Mike Holmes way - ie How old is the roof, is the driveway sloping the proper way, is there a bathroom exhaust fan, does the kitchen hood exhaust to the exterior.........................NONE OF THAT COSMETIC BUSINESS.

@AMC-eq3jr 9 месяцев назад

@@Garth2011Absolutely

@Garth2011 9 месяцев назад

@@AMC-eq3jr Agree on those points. Most home inspections have a number of chicken $%(& items listed that have no merits.

@fjrodrick 5 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@HowToHomeDIY 4 месяца назад

You are very welcome! Really glad to hear you liked it! Thank you very much for the feedback and the Super Thanks!

@johnboleyjr.1698 10 месяцев назад

Something I do when I have to replace a hose bib is after removing the old bib and scrubbing the threads, but before installing the new bib, I turn the water back on to flush the line of any debris that might be in the line. I don't know how much of an overkill it is, but it seems like a good idea to me.

@bradr8806 10 месяцев назад

I have always used some pipe dope under tape to lubricate and discourage any corrosion on the pipe. A contractor doing remodel and repair for many years.

@firepfarr Месяц назад

I took those silly things off years ago. Water backflowing into the house and overcoming city pressure, and making it's way to another outlet and into my body WILL. NOT. HAPPEN. 🙃 Good video, tho.

@TnT_F0X День назад

yeah my house is 100+ years old, pretty sure the spigot is too. It's threaded but basically cold-welded it's been untouched so long. I'm watching this video while WD-40 does it's magic.

@2023Red 9 месяцев назад

Nice!

@jhawkins4412 9 месяцев назад

I have come to learn that when Wrapping the pipe threads with plumers tape, it is easier to flip the tape around, allowing the pressure unrolling the plumers tape a little tighter! It also (for me any way) allowing the roll to spin in my hand! From a cheapscape Diy-er

@shangrilahomestead9930 10 месяцев назад

Awesome information so thank you. Those strap wrenches come in handy a lot!😊

@therandomguy4270 16 дней назад

In MN they tend to snap the allen set screw. Usually gotta drill em out. Heads up

@thetrollking1 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for the advise on the using the check valve. I ran boilers with them and never thought of using them on the hose. Never to old to learn. Thanks again.

@servalcat 10 месяцев назад

The safety set screw is supposed to be tightened until the head breaks off so that the vacuum breaker cannot be removed--either by someone who does not know why it is there or accidentally when unscrewing a hose.

@larrybarnes7799 9 месяцев назад

😅

@HowToHomeDIY 7 месяцев назад

If you want to break it off so that you can’t remove it later without using a saw or having to replace the whole hose Bibb then be my guest. The plumbers here don’t break them off as it’s not required and they know eventually they will need replaced. But yes, even you yourself can make videos if you like, be my guest and share all of that wisdom.

@servalcat 7 месяцев назад

That is a reasonable argument to not breaking it off, but there is a more reasonable argument for breaking it off: Most homeowners don't even know why the vacuum breaker is there or what it does, so if it fails, they are likely to remove it unless that is prevented. The breaker is there to prevent sucking dirty water off the ground (from a hose lying on the ground and still connected to the bibb) back into the home's potable water pipes where it may later cause illness, In any case, there is no cause to get snarky with your last sentence.@@HowToHomeDIY

@HowToHomeDIY 7 месяцев назад

Yes I understand what the vacuum breaker is for, I explained that in the video. The comment was to another snarky commenter that appears to have deleted their comment since then. As a homeowner, knowing that the vacuum breaker is probably going to fail before the valve, I’m not breaking the head off. It’s a massive pain to remove and replace when it goes bad. To each their own. And if code in your area says to do it, then follow code. But here, a lot of the time they aren’t broken off.

@butchs2337 5 месяцев назад

@@servalcat i wrote the same comment before i read yours that the screw is suppose to be broken off, if it fails you replace both again

@w.williams2694 10 месяцев назад

Interesting. I'm in my 50s and I don't recall ever seeing such a device on an outside faucet. There certainly wasn't one on any house I've ever owned over the years.

@Garth2011 9 месяцев назад

Politicians in those days used logic...today, they feel the need to control everyone.

@rain6085 9 месяцев назад

@@Garth2011 That is a really stupid take.

@jpe1 9 месяцев назад

If you live in areas where temperatures go below freezing, then likely the homes had silcocks not hose bibs, and in a silcock the vacuum breaker is integrated, usually located behind the handle, not an additional piece on the hose bib discharge as shown in this video, so that may be why you didn’t notice it. I bought my first home in 1992, and it had integrated vacuum breakers on the silcocks. The house I grew up in, built in 1950, did not, so perhaps the homes you have experienced were all older homes.

@w.williams2694 9 месяцев назад

@@jpe1 I grew up on the Gulf Coast.

@farmeunit 9 месяцев назад

@@Garth2011Logic should tell you certain chemicals in your water is bad. Technology and science...

@esthermofet 10 месяцев назад

The set-screw on the vacuum breaker has a narrow neck immediately beneath the six-point head. It's called a "break-off" or "shear-off" bolt or screw. It's designed to break off once the intended torque or tension is reached and discourages removing the vacuum breaker. It's a one-shot deal.

@greenspiraldragon 10 месяцев назад

Bad idea what if the device fails and actually needs to be replaced?

@Tom_Losh 10 месяцев назад

@@greenspiraldragon, one simply replaces the vacuum breaker and valve with new.

@HowToHomeDIY 9 месяцев назад

Yeah, but once it is tightened down and broken off they are near impossible to take off without some rather annoying methods that have to be taken in order to do so. There is no need to replace a perfectly good hose bibb just because the vacuum breaker goes bad, which it will and some hose bibbs are quite expensive. In my opinion it is a really dumb design. I get it's purpose so that a homeowner just doesn't take it off but that same homeowner might then just take the whole faucet off and install one without it. I refuse to break them off and no code states that it is required and none of the instructions I have received with mine say to do so either. In fact, they rarely have instructions.

@garycasper2929 9 месяцев назад

@@HowToHomeDIYthey are designed to break off on purpose. Because that way some nieve person doesn’t take it off in the future. Turning it back to a boiler valve… so, snap it off…

@HowToHomeDIY 9 месяцев назад

Yeah for you to tag me it means you read my comment so no, won’t break them off and neither did the plumbers that installed mine. Why? Because it’s dumb.

@Tarkus_ 10 месяцев назад

TIL vacuum breakers for hose bibs are a thing! 👍

@2005Pilot 10 месяцев назад

Excellent!!!! New Sub

@manzahalem8845 3 месяца назад

Thank you and a comment for your algorithm!

@HowToHomeDIY 3 месяца назад

Much appreciated!

@hightekinc723 9 месяцев назад

Nice

@nwilliams4714 4 месяца назад

This is an excellent instructional video. Way to go, man! Please accept my thumbs up and subscription.

@Jack-Surreal_Panes 2 месяца назад

My home, 2006, had 7/8 male not 3/4 with a crimped back flow. Had to replace a 5 since the back flows will go bad. Thank goodness the plumbers left barely no pipe exposed so I had to chisle away the brick. Thank goodness professional are building homes. Few minute job took well over 2 hours.

@rayhummel631 10 месяцев назад

Another amazing video. Thank you so much. You explain it well and the video quality is superb.

@HowToHomeDIY 10 месяцев назад

You are very welcome. Really glad to hear you liked it so much. Really means a lot to me. Thanks a lot for taking the time to leave that feedback!

@johnduffy6546 7 месяцев назад

Lower your pipe wrench so that the movable jaw make 3 points of contact with the pipe to lessen the chance of distorting the pipe; (Rich Trethewy tip)

@dean3583 8 месяцев назад

Do I need an AVB if the faucet is attach to a sprinkler system or garden hose? Thanks.

@dekdawg21 10 месяцев назад

These videos are great, really geared toward the every day DYI

@HowToHomeDIY 10 месяцев назад

Really glad to hear you are finding value in the channel. Really means a lot to me. Thanks a lot for taking the time to leave that feedback!

@MrTron81 5 месяцев назад

Plumber tape and pipe dope perform different job one for sealing one for friction

@Quacks0 9 месяцев назад

6:13 Actually, I think that you COULD have used a crescent wrench --- it looks like there are two opposing flats on the faucet's barrel, next to where the screw-holes are on the flanged mounting-base of the faucet.

@rtoguidver3651 9 месяцев назад

If you flip the Teflon tape over, you can keep pressure on the tape while your covering the threads. On old threads use both tape & sealant, sealant works as an lubricant when tightening. Also the Faucet has a flattened spot by the screw slots for a wrench. Also this is the wrong spigot for an outside hose, unless you drain the pipe every winter. Even the right ones should be drained in winter.

@oliveiramusic4u 4 месяца назад

drained before?, during, or after a hard freeze or extended below freezing temps?

@rtoguidver3651 4 месяца назад

@@oliveiramusic4u After a hard freeze may be too late, once it expands it will leak when thawed,,

@motini41 10 дней назад

Hi. I want to relocate an outdoor faucet externally. No digging of concrete. Add an elbow to where the faucet is now and come down the wall and along the side of the house. Any suggestions? A plumber wants to charge an💪🏼 and a 🦵🏼

@markshaffer68 7 месяцев назад

I had a guy replace a frost proof outdoor water faucet that started leaking after the freeze we had here in Texas a few years ago. The faucet is pointed to the side and not down. I'm assuming that is because that's where it was pointed when it was tightened up. What do you do in a case like that? Thanks.

@Riker-eq2yv 7 дней назад

Here in my hometown in Florida the code states that the set screw on the vaccum breaker which is designed to be snapped off after installation must be snapped off to prevent removal in order to comply with the code.

@antonioficca3639 2 дня назад

My outdoor faucet isn't frost free & it is leaking. I live in PA. The faucet is attached 2 wall via 2 screws & I can't tell if it is threaded or soldered. Is there anyway I can tell if it threaded on.

@mariannewilliams138 9 месяцев назад

i like your video

@Garth2011 9 месяцев назад

Vacuum breakers as you said are not needed 100% of the time as it depends on what you will use the hose bib for. With that said, they also are a PITA when it comes to decent water flow as they restrict water flow to an amount less than the hose bib can supply. They also tend to malfunction at times and require replacement. It is interesting that "code" requires them without knowing what purposes the homeowner will use them for...not everyone uses them for spraying chemicals.

@jime8532 8 месяцев назад

I always stopped the water from going back into the system by closing the valve when I'm done. I always thought that worked pretty well.

@RR-rm6ge 8 месяцев назад

@@jime8532 no doubt! I understand the concept of the back flow preventer, but when you turn the valve off where does the back flow get around the closed valve? Makes no sense to me!

@TheGreenkelly 9 месяцев назад

Does it matter if you switch to a bibb with a different type of handle? Water is coming out through the handle connection. I was thinking of a getting a new hose bibb with the quarter turn handle which seems like it would be easier for arthritic hands/wrists.

@HowToHomeDIY 9 месяцев назад

Yeah, you can absolutely do that and many do just because the 1/4 turns are a lot faster to open and close.

@1new-man 10 месяцев назад

I appreciate the way you always point out the obvious bc the obvious are the things I tend to over look.... Costing me not only $$ but a seemingly never ending additional hour to every 15 min job around the house. Your always the best man...many thanks!

@michaelbean2478 10 месяцев назад

I have never understood how it would be possible for something like a passive sprayer on a hose to force anything back into the water pipes against the existing pressure...can someone enlighten me?

@scottdavis6734 9 месяцев назад

Very unusual circumstance but if you were to have a broken main line somewhere or if your water/fire department department opened up hydrants it could create a backflow condition. However like you said you would have to lose pressure and actually have a vacuum occur in order to pull water back into your potable water system, hence the name vacuum breaker.

@percyfaith11 9 месяцев назад

Well, it can't, AS LONG AS there is existing pressure in the line. As Scottdavis says, if the pressure in the house drops for some reason, and if the end of the hose is in a puddle or a pool then that will siphon water back into the potable system of the house, contaminating it.

@glenfry5871 Месяц назад

Anti siphon is a solution for a problem that doesn't exist. Pure corporatism

@patrickcreath217 10 месяцев назад

I like your videos. Very well done and I learn a lot.

@reddawg9400 3 месяца назад

When putting the Teflon tape on, turn the roll over and then wrap clockwise like you did. It stays tight as you wrap it so you don’t have to keep unravelling it

@hornetd 7 дней назад

That machine screw which holds the vacuum breaker in place on the faucet threads is torque limiting. It assures that the screw will tighten enough to fasten the vacuum breaker against accidental or deliberate removal while preventing your tightening the screw enough to damage or distort the inside threads of the Vacuum breaker and allow the seal to leak. Here's the rub. The Uniform Plumbing Code requires that the Vacuum Breaker not be removable once installed. The other function of the torque limiting screw is that it is designed to break when the correct torque has been applied. That does 2 things. It assures that the Vacuum breaker is not removed following installation because enough torque is applied to hold in the exterior threads of the hose bib without applying so much torque that you damageg the vacuum breaker. The bottom line is that the Code requires that the Vacuum Breaker not be removable after installation. If the Vacuum Breaker does not have a torque limiting or other break away screw head you have to use a hack saw with a 32 teeth per inch blade to cut the screw off flush to the outside of the Vacuum breaker's internally threaded sleeve. I know that goes against the grain of people who believe that any threaded joint should be made so that it can be taken apart. Just tell yourself that the Vacuum Breaker is a part of the valve itself that gets assembled on sight. You don't want part of the valve to be removable. That is especially true of this type of exterior spigot. Tom Horne

@HowToHomeDIY 7 дней назад

That’s not true for all or even most areas. It will either be mandated or not by local jurisdictions. It’s not across the board.

@markclark787 9 месяцев назад

Did not know about but always use a frost-proof one.

@ken8516 Месяц назад

my spigot is not turning even with pipe wrench, will putting some wd40 or using hair dryer first work to loosen it?

@thomasswenson5382 10 месяцев назад

Drank out of rubber hoses and non-backflow bibs when I was a kid in the 1950s. First backflow valve I saw on house bib was in 1980. Put them on all bibs since. Thanks.

@tommak6516 8 месяцев назад

I suppose you did not have a padded bicycle helmet either. How on earth did you survive?

@m3Tesla 10 месяцев назад

FYI any time there is a rubber gasket (like in the vacuum breaker) you do not need Teflon tape on the threads.

@HowToHomeDIY 10 месяцев назад

I use it because they are notorious for leaking, with or without the gasket.

@WeTubule 9 месяцев назад

Correct. Garden threads are not designed to seal. Unlike this vac-breaker, most female threads are swivel, so putting sealant between those threads accomplishes nothing. -Except possibly causing threads to bind before the rubber ring can seal.

@MrTron81 5 месяцев назад

Tape is not a sealant. It fights against friction, allowing you to tight the two parts together. Pipe dope is for sealant, and that is why you see ppl using both tape and pipe dope

@nyst8fmind 10 месяцев назад

Love your content. Thank you!!

@HowToHomeDIY 10 месяцев назад

You are very welcome. Really glad to hear you liked it so much. Thanks a lot for the feedback!

@mariamav66 Месяц назад

Where are the links to buy the items? Great video

@HowToHomeDIY Месяц назад

Thank you very much. Really glad to hear you liked it! Everything shown in the video is below the video itself, in the description.

@tomo9126 9 месяцев назад

I don't have the backflow protection but I always drop the hose running on the lawn. Walk to the house and turn off the water. The hose was washed clear during my walk and it's more or less empty.

@justcurious3525 10 месяцев назад

What are your thought on using a wrench handle in the spigot to twist the new bib on?

@HowToHomeDIY 10 месяцев назад

I think whatever gets the job done as safely and efficiently as possible without damaging it beyond what you personally can bare is good. Doing it that way probably wouldn’t damage the spigot but depend on what the wrench handle is made of it could potentially break. I have seen some lesser expensive tools made of pot metal which is pretty easily broken.

@BENJAMIN-zi4gv 9 месяцев назад

I just installed 1/4 turn bibs on my houses 2 bibs. Do you have any thoughts good or bad about 1/4 turns? Is the normal/standard 3'ish turns bibs better or safer? are 1/4 turns reliable?

@HowToHomeDIY 9 месяцев назад

Nothing wrong with 1/4 faucets. Really just a preference thing.

@jpe1 9 месяцев назад

1/4 turn uses a ball valve, much more reliable design, far less likely to leak, also allows for greater flow.

@BENJAMIN-zi4gv 9 месяцев назад

When I discovered them. I thought... Why doesn't everyone use these. Then I see brand new normal spickets and just don't see any advantage to them. I'll never use or install anything other than 1/4 turns

@ericallen7200 10 месяцев назад

I was hoping you would show the vacuum breaker blast out water after you shut the water off with a hose attached...and maybe explain why that happens. Keep up the great work brother. LOVE your content.

@stevenz933 10 месяцев назад

I removed those vacuum breakers on all my outdoor faucets for exactly that reason. I was fed up with all the water spraying everywhere every time I would cut off the water supply. Made a big mess including water all over my clothes and shoes. As a side note, I also replaced all the faucets with 1/4-turn valves which work like a charm compared to the screw in/out valves.

@biggtastee2401 10 месяцев назад

The spray comes from the pressure in the hose AFTER the water is turned off. It has to go somewhere so either you hold the trigger on your nozzle to release it or it comes back through the vac breaker. That's why the holes exist.

@wayneflemmer2607 10 месяцев назад

@@stevenz933 Same here I removed all mine got tired of getting spayed with water every time I shut it off with hose on it.

@ginnyrivera2786 10 месяцев назад

Great video, as usual. It’s amazing how your videos go along so well with the things I need to fix! Maybe you should stop making them! 😂

@HowToHomeDIY 10 месяцев назад

😂

@robertjohnson4401 7 месяцев назад

I would still put two holddown screws on the flange of the spigot. These spigot experience a lot of side thrust which could damage the pipe.

@theobserver9131 5 месяцев назад

not marring up the new hose bib..... I never thought about caring about that before.... I guess it's good to be aware that some people might care about that. I grew up on a farm. It was all about making it work, not so much making it pretty.

@LyteTec 8 часов назад

My issue is no water comes out and looks like the whole pipe is in the wall. I dont have a basement to access the pipe. Would a plumber need to cut into my drywall in my laundry room to get to the pipe?