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Water left in the faucet froze and burst the inner pipe. They had shut the faucet off but had not removed the hose. I recently replaced one in Nampa Idaho, where the hose was left attached through the winter. The best bet is to replace what you have with an identical replacement. There are different brands and some come with inner threads and outer threads, some have both. They come in all lengths from 4″ up to 24″ at 1″ increments and need to be replaced with the same length replacement obviously. The trick is to get to the connection from domestic water to the spigot and by holding each part firmly, unscrew them from each other. This is because the loss of barrel integrity causes it to twist apart, often leaving chunks of faucet hidden or buried in the wall. Removing them for replacement after a freezing episode can be troublesome too. When the sucker thaws is when the basement or crawl space gets flooded. Because there is never supposed to be water in the barrel, some are made of flimsy material so the moment water freezes it fractures the pipe. The big problems occur when a hose is left on the spigot and prevents the thing from draining, or the frost-proof unit is installed with a slope backward, into the house.ĭesign flaw. Now that these things exist all of the old-style are being replaced when they fail. Years ago before these things were invented, we would just shut the water off inside the home which supplied that faucet under the house, and drain the line. It works by shutting off the water inside your home and allowing the water to run out of the actual faucet so that there is nothing to freeze. This is the anatomy of a frost-proof spigot. Estimated reading time: 5 minutes, 30 seconds Frostproof Faucet
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