Questions tagged [spigot]
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Is flow direction through fittings important when fitting PVC or ABS pipe?
I am replacing the rusted out plumbing (drain, p trap, tee, trap adapters, 45 degree elbow) under my kitchen sink with ABS, but I notice that some fittings offer a choice of hub or spigot connections.
There are a couple of places (particularly an…
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Do I build my own garden-hose manifold?
It is spring time, and the manifold I used last year is, once again, irreparably broken. Judging by feedback on Amazon, none of them survive winter -- even if drained dry before the first frost.
I'm thinking of building my own -- using a manifold…
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What is this tank?
There was a spigot that was randomly in our yard when we first moved in a couple months ago. Now that the weather is somewhat warmer, I decided to finally dig it up and find the source of water. While digging I found this random tank. Now my…
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Replace exterior wooden spigot cover on siding
I have a spigot on the side of my house that leaked before I bought the house. I ordered a new "vacuum breaker float" to fix the leak. However the 6"x6" wooden panel on the side of the house is rotten.
As far as I can tell this is a 6"x6" piece of…
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How can I cap a broken spigot standpipe?
I have a water spigot that is connected to a private well. The PVC pipe about 1 foot into the ground cracked. Can I cement it in to use my other hose?
Basically I had the hose connected to the water spigot, yanked on it and it cracked the entire PVC…
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Why would a bathroom faucet bib (spigot) have a tap?
My house was built in the 1950s. I was redoing my bathroom, and I noticed there was a pipe coming out of my pipe. Someone tapped onto the 1/2 inch cold-water faucet bib. What could be the reason for this? Whatever was on the other side of the tap…
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Outdoor Spigot Replacement can't unscrew stem, just spins
Trying to replace an outdoor spigot, that connects underneath kitchen sink. I have a pipe wrench on what I think is the attaching pipe, but the spigot just spins and spins and doesn't come loose? Wondering if it's soldered on, but then it shouldn't…
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Outdoor spigot broken pipe on my backyard. Can I just add a cap on the broken pipe?
I have a broken pipe on my backyard. It connects to spigot.
Just recently bought a house, and the house is old; it was built around 1970s. The outdoor spigot always dripped water even when it was fully turned on and off. The pipe is now broken, and…
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1979 Outdoor Faucet - looking for part
When I turn on my outdoor faucet, water sprays out of the handle. I try to take off the screw so that I can replace the rubber washer, but its really rusty and stuck. It was installed in 1979. Anyway I want to replace the whole thing with a new one.…
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How can I protect a protruding spigot pipe from impact damage?
The photo shows a vulnerable PVC pipe emanating from a wall in Florida. Is there a mechanism to protect it? Box or other some other clever means?
The concern is that the PVC will snap and it would be very difficult to repair / replace. I am…
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Fixing leaking outdoor spigots in 1950s home
We moved to a house with "older"/original spigots which we want to replace since they are leaky, old and not very useable (probably not up to code either) - assumption is that they are connected to galvanized steel pipes. We can't tell since…
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Cap copper pipe outside
I tried to remove my garden hose from the spigot on the side of my house and the whole tap came off the copper pipe it was attached to. I had to turn off the water at the mains and cannot turn it back on until it is capped. To this end, I bought a…
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Outdoor Water Spigot Will Not Turn
I'm having an annoying issue with an outside water spigot. I was watering the yard the other day and kinked the hose so I could put on an attachment. Finished watering and when I went to turn off the spigot I noticed the wheel would not turn. It…
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How can I connect a garden hose to a kitchen sink?
We were gifted a baby pool so that our baby can play outside on our patio. However, we don't have an outdoor spigot that we can use to connect a hose to. The patio is right off the kitchen and near a half bath, so I'm wondering if there's…
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Holes designed in water spigot?
https://youtu.be/mhYfr3y6Jkw
See the video above for what I'm referencing. I noticed water shooting out from my spigot today (never seen this happen before).
Upon closer inspection it looks like it actually has holes designed in it (so I have no…
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