[FRANKJCORPUS]

Hi this is Frank, I am trying to remove an old outdoor spigit that is leaking, it hard to remove and I am afraid that I might bust the pipe that is going inside the house when I try to remove the spigit is there a certain way to remove the old one? PLEASE HELP!

[donf]

Be careful here, you may just be bending the pipe behind the wall.

Typically, these outdoor spigots are solder mount onto a 1' length of copper pipe.

In the winter, if the water inside the pipe freeze you will get a at least a 1" rupture in the pipe.

To repair the problem, if your home is on a crawl space, go to a Lowes or Home Depot and purchase one of the 1' outside spigot "Freeze free" units. Also purchase plumber's solder, flux and a small butane gas bottle and element, ans some fine sand paper. You may also need a coupler to join both lengths of pipe together,

Turn off the water to your home. Get under the house and find where the outside spigot is located and unsolder the old length of pipe and push it out through the wall.

Outside you go, place the new spigot assm. Through the wall.

Back under the house you go. Burnish both ends of the pipes with the sand paper. Then use the flux to lightly cover the main water pipe. Insert one end of the union onto the water pipe. Using the gas heater, heat the union while holding the solder at the joint, work the solder all the way around the pipe.

Next insert the new section of pipe into the other end of the union and solder that joint.

Turn the water back on and check for leaks.


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[ballengerb1]

We need to know if your pipes are galvanized or copper before we can give details on removal. What d you have and is thei a frost proof spigot? You do know its easier to repair them than to replace them, right?