What is making this happen? We had a plumber here, and he wanted to start cutting holes in the basement ceiling. He left without doing anything. Couldn't we just replace the faucet? Thanks for any info.
I've never seen a spigot like that I wonder why there is a hole in the one shaft Does the top knob turn the water on/off? If so, then I'm lost on the purpose of the second knob and the hole
The green knob turns the water on and off. When the hose isn't attached, no water comes out of the little hole in the stem.
I wonder if that is some kind of frost spigot, never seen one like it. But if it froze, water would go that way instead of bursting a pipe in the house. You could probably replace the handle stem, definitely the spigot. Shouldn't be a big job.
Maybe that hole is for freeze protection, I dunno. It looks like that valve could be removed and replaced, but you'd have to shut water off to that spigot first. Hope someone has some good advice for ya.
That's kind of what I thought. It's not very old. I'll try and go back through receipts to figure out which local plumber installed it in the first place. Presumably, they would know how it fix it.
I put one in like that recently [not a frost free] and it did the same thing last week. not sure why... it was inside and never froze. I turned it off and back on and it was fine then...
From some googling, it looks like a "frost free, anti-siphoning" faucet. Seems like yours is a common problem. I also read that most "code" mandates them now. Just seems like one more expensive "gadget" that homeowners are being forced to purchase, whether they work properly or not. I cannot think of many instances in which my garden hose is gonna suck water back into my domestic supply and contaminate it.
Is there a brand and model number on there? Might be able to dig up a parts diagram. I replaced one of those 2 years ago. Had to solder it inside the house. The whole thing was about a foot long.
I always thought stems were solid. I'm curious in what you find out. it would cost more to drill out the stem. Can't see that being a cost saving feature.
Thanks for finding that! It doesn't look too bad, at least we can open it up and see what we are dealing with.
Exactly. You'd be surprised... You should be able to repair it without taking anything apart inside...might just need a little canoodling, no parts...but if it does need parts I would expect to be able to buy a rebuild/repair kit for ~$10 or so...
Try putting a squirter nozzle on the hose, turn the hose bib on the whole way, open the hose nozzle the whole way and then let it slam closed...do this a few times...might be able to make the check valve or whatever is stuck reseat itself...
Great, that's what I want to hear. My husband is the mechanically inclined one, so that's his weekend project now. He's the one who uses it anyway, to spray the pollen off his car.
There should be at least a brand listed on it somewhere...maybe a model too...should be easy to find parts diagram then. Can probably order a repair kit from many different sources then too...
Great. Now we are all going to be up all night with anticipation. Just like they used to say, “next week on (insert your sitcom here)” back in the 80’s.
