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  • #1

    Frost Free Sillcock

    Greetings all,
    I have a general understanding of who the bibb and sillcock connect, it seems pretty straight forward.

    Currently when cranked all the way shut my hose leaks. I've replaced the washer at the end of the valve 3 times and it gets mushed up quickly. I'm THINKING there maybe some sort of build-up in their. Tomorrow I'm going to disassemble it a attempt to clean that out.

    However, I'm pretty sure I'm going to fail. If I have to replace the whole sillcock, does anyone have any experience doing it w/o making an access panel in the interior drywall? Meaning, can I just disassemble it and twist on the bibb, break it loose and replace it with a new one with some plumbers tape?

    As of now, I'm going to do the repacking and trying to clean the inside of the sillcock - but I'm thinking the whole assembly may need replaced.

    Also, I don't think it froze and burst - it's not seeming to leak anywhere in the brick/out the wall - just a small trickle and the constantly mushed up washer.

    Any insight is appreciated.

    Take care,
    Originally posted by MR EDD
    U defend him who use's racial slurs like hes drinking water.
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  • #2
    I think he meant caulk....
    Originally posted by Cmarsh93z
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    • #3
      Sillcock...

      Originally posted by MR EDD
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      • #4
        Oh and I'm not 100% sure it is even threaded, maybe soldered for all I know. I don't really know what standard practice is or was 10 years ago.
        Originally posted by MR EDD
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        • #5
          No helpful thoughts here, Only opened the thread thinking to see a joke or something.. Didn't realize what forum this was.....

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          • #6
            Most likely it should unscrew. It's probably on there pretty tight if it has never been taken off. My house was built in '86 and I had the same plight, tried to do the new washer thing. Eventually it started to hum loudly while running the sprinkler. Inside the pipe was all scaled up with deposits which had reduced the inner volume by quite a bit. I bought a new sillcock and screwed it in with plumber's paste and it no longer hums or leaks when shut off.

            I would go the replacement route if I were you. I doubt they soldered that in. Plumbers know these types of fixtures eventually will need servicing.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by cragus View Post

              I would go the replacement route if I were you. I doubt they soldered that in. Plumbers know these types of fixtures eventually will need servicing.
              I agree it SHOULD be good to go, but I decided to do it the hard way via the dry wall. The house is for sale, so I SHOULD short cut it but I'm going to hack my wall and all the extra work for 2 reasons...

              1. Just be sure it is not soldered and make sure I get it out of there cleanly and without breaking the pipe.
              2. My Dad brought up a good point - I won't know for sure it is not leaking w/o being able to inspect it. I'd rather not have a bunch of water damage from a slow drip I did not know about.

              In theory, it would all be good with plumbers tape and a good tight fit. However, I'm paranoid so I decided to go the hard route.
              Originally posted by MR EDD
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