Originally Posted by
mygirlsdad77
if the work was done from the outside of the house, then you did not have a frost less hose bib installed. You had a sill cock installed.
If you had a frostless installed, the plumber would have had to go in the house to make connections.
Note to all. Install frostless hose bibbs in areas that reach below freezing temps. Grade bibbs so that they slope downwards to the outside of house.(the more the better). Then make sure to tell the homeowner how important it is that they disconnect garden hoses before freezing wheather. Explain to them how important it is to do this, and the problems that will occure if they dont.
I believe frostless hose bibbs are an excellent idea, as long as the homeowner know enough to disconnect hoses. and the bibb is correctly installed.
Lot easier than installing a valve inside to shut off sill cock, then opening sill cock to drain. Seems to me like remembering to unhook garden hose is a lot simpler than going downstairs(or in a crawl space) and shutting off a valve, then going outside and opening sill cock.