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Replacing a spigot (outdoor faucet)
LLUncoolJ:
We sell Oatey pipe cement and primer by the case. I just went out and checked and it does say 2 hours. I was always told to wait 24, but nobody ever does. Weird it took me til just now to actually confirm that.
Any exterior wall spigot (at least in cold weather areas) is going to have the valve plunger behind the wall. I think what you have is just a boiler drain type faucet with a shut off rigged up for winter time. An extra shut off is a good idea. After mine froze in the wall and blew up a couple of years ago, I added a shut off in the unfinished part of my basement so I can shut the line down in winter and open the faucet to drain it.
mountain:
A little late to the party but I wanted to reply to this thread cause it makes me chuckle. I replaced all of my spigots a few years ago when I re-sided my house. I will never forget the the look on the guys face when I asked him where I could get a 12 inch sill-cock. :laugh2:
hypernova:
I hope to be getting into it here, maybe this coming weekend. Had another curveball thrown at me yesterday on an unrelated subject.
The gas trimmer stops running as soon as I take it off the choke. I got it running once, but I needed to respool 3/4 of the job in, and couldn't get it started again. Lore suggests that the carburetor is clogged up somewhere.
hypernova:
I tried to remove the spigot from the brass nut in the basement, but it would not move. I didn't have the best tools for the job, but I know when I'm beat.
So I decided to buy the repair kit.
I opened it back up, and figured that white junk must be a lame-o replacement for the packing washer. I took an X-acto knife, and managed to slice and dice the stuff out. Pic below is what it looks like.
I put in the new rubber washer, and bingo! Works like a charm. No leaks on the handle. Now I just need a washer for the hose end itself, but it's far less a problem than the handle.
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