[usjeh99]

This spring I noticed that my existing frostfree sillcock on the front of the house had been damaged so I replaced it with a new one, choosing to solder it to the water pipes as the original was.
It's a quarter turn sillcock but when I turn it on, the water pressure is noticeably lower than before. I checked the back of the house and the water pressure coming from there is high like it was before. They are both controlled with the same shutoff valve.
Is there an adjustment in the new quarterturn sillcock that I need to make or did I possibly get an abundance of solder into the pipe while soldering?
The only other difference in what I had before is that I put in a regular copper pipe union/coupler to join a pipe that I had cut further back in the water line.

Any ideas on the low water pressure?

Thanks
Eric

[creahands]

Hi Eric

Welcome

U may have debris in line.
Shut of water at shut off valve and remove sillcock valve. Turn water on and check if pressure is still slow. Put sillcock valve in.

Good luck

Chuck

[massplumber2008]

Hi Usjeh99:

It is possible that the you overheated the new outside faucet and now it is malfunctioning... maybe not.

I would have you shut the water off and remove the guts to the new outside faucet... see if damaged. At the same time FLUSH the water line and see if you can remove any sediment that may have gotten stuck... then reinstall the stem assembly OR replace stem assembly with another from another new outside faucet.

Let me know what happens... O.K.?

MARK