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Old Sep 23, 2009, 03:02 PM
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How do I Install a hot & cold water spigot?

Hi, I am looking for instructions or video to show me how to install a hot & cold water hose spigot or How to add hot water to my regular cold hose spigot?

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Old Sep 23, 2009, 03:21 PM   #2  
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I'm not sure what your asking, but I think you want a hot and cold hose bib outside. If that's the case, then consider an wall mounted laundry faucet such as this one: Price Pfister 69-020 Wallmount Laundry Faucet

Is this what you want?

You could make your own with two hose bibs and a few fittings. You could even have a valve on the outlet same as above.

Your going to have to worry about draining the lines in the winter.

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It starts with running a hot supply line out to where your current cold exits the house. I don't think you will find an actual outside spigot rigged for hot and cold but a mop sink spigot would work and has threads for a hose. These puppies aren't cheap, this is one of the cheaper one I have installed. T&S B-0665 BSTRM Mop Sink Faucet
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Do you live in an area that sees below freezing temps in the winter? If so, i would just install another hose bibb(you already have a cold one) and pipe to it with hot water. Make sure to slope the hose bibb downward out of the house, so when you shut off the bibb, it drains itself. You will want to slope the bibb opposite of what this picture shows. Good luck and please let us know how you make out. Lee.
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What I'm suggesting is take the above product and two hose barb females to two elbows with a T in the middle. Add another hose bib valve or gate valve and hose connector and your done. Essentially building your own faucet.

The shutoffs inside should be designed for easy draining for the winter.
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Old Sep 23, 2009, 06:23 PM   #6  
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Hi all:

I can think an option or two...

First one is that Moen makes a great little antifreeze mixed temp. outside faucet...see image. Check them out at:

Google Image Result for http://ec-images.acehardwareoutlet.com/225/products/4303822_042909L_TK.jpg

Sold at all plumbing supply stores everywhere (or under some name brand). As mentioned by Ballenger this type of faucet requires you to run the additional hot water line over to where the faucet will go. If it is a short run for the hot water pipe this choice offers a very nice solution for you as it allows a full range of cold to hot right at one handle.

If it is a long run to the outside faucet you can also install a mixing valve back at the boiler room and then connect the outlet from the mixing valve to the cold water pipe for the outside faucet. This keeps you from having to run a hot water pipe all the way to the outside faucet and also allows you to use the existing outside faucet EXCEPT that you will be setting the temperature that you desire and in order to change temperature settings you will need to go to the room with the mixing valve...so may not work for you. This is a great solution if you have a long run or finished ceilings to deal with and say an outside shower you want to run...you would set at like 100F for a comfortable quick rinse, but noone could get burned (burns at 125F and above) and you wouldn't have to run pipe everywhere.

Anyway, a couple more options...

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That's really neat Mark. How do you know about such things?
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Interseting Mark. I have not seen on of these before and by the looks its frost proof too.
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Hi guys:

I ran into the moen valve at a local plumbing supply house and YUP!! it's antifreeze...they had it on the counter so it was an easy find...

Turns out there are a whole bunch of these the last year or two, but moen makes the best one by far....my opinion!

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