Did you turn your spigots off?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, because we have frost free spigots.

You still have to disconnect any hoses.

DP- we also have frost free but I'm not sure of the hose status. It wasn't coming off. spouse was using WD40 and wrenches but I think was at the point where bib may be broken so backed off. Not sure what we will do come spring! Hopefully buy a new hose rather than get anything fixed.

[Anonymous]

Dammit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, because we have frost free spigots.

You still have to disconnect any hoses.

or just buy a new one every few years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, because we have frost free spigots.

You still have to disconnect any hoses.

or just buy a new one every few years.

Leaving a hose connected defeats the frost free mechanism in the faucet. You'll be buying a new faucet and paying a plumber to connect it.

[Anonymous]

Our house keeper does this for us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, because we have frost free spigots.

You still have to disconnect any hoses.

DP- we also have frost free but I'm not sure of the hose status. It wasn't coming off. spouse was using WD40 and wrenches but I think was at the point where bib may be broken so backed off. Not sure what we will do come spring! Hopefully buy a new hose rather than get anything fixed.

The hose probably isn't coming off because it's corroded, likely due to the reaction caused by two different types of metals. Short term fix is to just cut the hose. The easiest permanent fix is to have your husband man up, grab his oscillating saw, and make one or two cuts on the hose nut. You will damage the threads, but if you don't go too deep, it will be fine. Then use channel locks to remove the nut. Or do nothing and pay for basement reno in the spring.

[Anonymous]

We left our hose on last winter and burst the pipe and flooded the basement come spring.

[Anonymous]

I learned my lesson at our last house. One cold snap we forgot to turn off the water supply to our outdoor faucet. Sure enough, its supply pipe burst under our uninsulated porch. We were lucky it didn't break open inside our house, but it made a soupy, muddy mess before we got a plumber out to fix it. I'm pretty religious about it now, and often turn ours off well before I probably need to, just to be safe. I also buy those insulating covers to out over the faucet itself, just for extra peace of mind.

[Anonymous]

I never turned off the outside spigot in the 20 years I owned my previous Silver Spring house because the previous owner had covered up the shutoff valve behind drywall in the basement. No calamities occurred but when we were sprucing up the place to sell we had the workers locate it and place it behind a panel.

[Anonymous]

When we replaced our plumbing we had anti siphon/freeze free brass valves with cutoffs and drains installed on the interior side.

We drain the exterior lines at two points on the interior side with pressure and no issues since.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We left our hose on last winter and burst the pipe and flooded the basement come spring.

Even with the water off?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We left our hose on last winter and burst the pipe and flooded the basement come spring.

Even with the water off?

Yes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We left our hose on last winter and burst the pipe and flooded the basement come spring.

Even with the water off?

With the hose on, water can get trapped in the faucet and pipe. When that water freezes it expands and can crack the pipe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, because we have frost free spigots.

You still have to disconnect any hoses.

DP- we also have frost free but I'm not sure of the hose status. It wasn't coming off. spouse was using WD40 and wrenches but I think was at the point where bib may be broken so backed off. Not sure what we will do come spring! Hopefully buy a new hose rather than get anything fixed.

The hose probably isn't coming off because it's corroded, likely due to the reaction caused by two different types of metals. Short term fix is to just cut the hose. The easiest permanent fix is to have your husband man up, grab his oscillating saw, and make one or two cuts on the hose nut. You will damage the threads, but if you don't go too deep, it will be fine. Then use channel locks to remove the nut. Or do nothing and pay for basement reno in the spring.

Haha. Thanks! I will tell her. We don't have a basement.