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01-22-2024, 9:48am | #61 | ||||||
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No, he's going to replace the existing ones with freezeproof ones, which are common in the north but not common where it rarely freezes. The valve on them are actually inside the wall with the handle connected to a long rod that opens the valve, instead of having the valve itself outside the house. |
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Unfortunately only 4” on that wall, plus the brick, so putting in 4” (the smallest) sillcock available. Ill still cover the faucets and may even need heat anyways, but given we have a generator on the house, Im moving forward assuming the house will always be heated. There is no convenient place for covers for cutoff valves, nor do these pipes come from the attic (between floors). So this is an improvement and still some exposure, but hopefully enough to handle one hardfreeze into the teens a year.
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I put a access panel in our living room but it is behind the couch,which will never be anywhere else position wise. Below is unheated but insulated garage,that would have been the other option .
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When i thawed the frozen faucets last week, it didnt require much heat, so clearly the ice was only on the exterior of the house. |
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Pic of damaged spigot? I assume it split somewhere, parallel with the pipe, and the leak is a drip, not spraying water all over?
I didn't remove any of the protective coverings to actually check, but I did feel around the ground underneath the spigots, to check for wet ground. Everything was dry, so I guess I did OK. Of course, areas farther north and west of me had lower temperatures, and insulating those exterior lines can only slow down their freezing, not actually stop it, so my strategy may not have worked if my house was situated in a different area. |
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I installed this for my backyard faucet.
https://www.amazon.com/Woodford-22CP...7-93deae8f9840 Works great plus hot and cold water. |
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When we had to fix the piping over the master bedroom, we added a hot water run, an outdoor shower and this for the faucet, but also added cut off's so even though it's frostproof, I don't have to worry about water in that wall.: https://www.prier.com/products/p-118/ |
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FWIW: A faucet that stops flowing isn't necessarily cracked. If the temps are marginal the ice can be soft enough to stop the flow, but not hard enough to expand and crack things.
If something is cracked, once it thaws the water will exit at whatever your water pressure is. |
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Just cut the pipe off and install a Sharkbite cap, then water your lawn with bottled water. Be a baller.
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