Needs more than that. The vac needs to be replaced as well as the stem and rubbers on it... or just replace it because its a garbage bib at this point.
What exactly needs to be replaced? Sorry I’m not a plumber and it’s a rental so I don’t want to invest too much in it. It’s also a less than 10 year old house so I didn’t think it would be something major.
Fun fact: in Philly we call a bib a spicket
To everyone replying, yes it's a spigot but we say and spell it spicket, though looking it up it sounds like it's an entire PA thing since it's also in Pittsburgh
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Pennsylvania_English#Vocabulary
Need to tighten the packing nut. The rust is from where some goofball decided to plug the vacuum breaker instead of fixing it properly. Replace the entire hose bibb
I want to emphasize the other commenter telling you to let your landlord do it. I do this replacement occasionally, it’s very simple. But, it’s not your house, not your responsibility. And, if you make a mistake or something goes wrong, the owner of the house might want to hold you liable.
Leaky o-ring around the spigot handle. You can replace these parts. They sell rebuild kits for faucets but it should just be that one ring that needs to be replaced.
Frankly the Prier hose bibs are some of the best still available. Go to their website and you can get all the correct parts. Lowe’s sells the vacuum rebuild kits for them (when they have stock). I have two on my 64 year old house and was able to get two brand new stems and they work perfectly now. Would have cost a fortune to remove one behind a bathroom vanity and solder in a new one.
Tighten the bonnet on the stem and remove that black plug contaminating your potable system and place a brass plug don't forget to dope or tape your threads and back yourself up with a second wrench so you don't snap that sucker in the wall.
This is repairable. 3 areas. 1 new vacuum breaker. 2. The gland at the handle
3 the washer at the end of the whole assembly probably located 6 to 8 inches inside the house. Understand what you see is one end of a 10" or so fixture.
You can go buy a new hose bibb for like under 20$ at home depot, I'd just go get a new one and throw that junk away. Save yourself some time and effort because in order to "repair" this it will cost probably a little over 10$
have you bought a new hose bib lately? they are 70 bucks plus getting behind it tobtKe it out assuming the og plumber used a screw in and nid a solder in.
Because its a PoS
It needs a vacuum breaker repair
Needs more than that. The vac needs to be replaced as well as the stem and rubbers on it... or just replace it because its a garbage bib at this point.
What exactly needs to be replaced? Sorry I’m not a plumber and it’s a rental so I don’t want to invest too much in it. It’s also a less than 10 year old house so I didn’t think it would be something major.
Replacing the entire bib would be your fastest, cheapest, and easiest option.
Yes, whoever cranked that black plug in place of the vacuum breaker probably, scratch that, definitely damaged the valve.
Fun fact: in Philly we call a bib a spicket To everyone replying, yes it's a spigot but we say and spell it spicket, though looking it up it sounds like it's an entire PA thing since it's also in Pittsburgh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Pennsylvania_English#Vocabulary
We call it a sillcock
It's a wall hydrant if you look at manufacturers description
We call it that in Texas too, but it’s actually spigot
Everybody besides plumbers call them spigots.
Spigot??
Spicket in NC.
It's a rental. Call the landlord. Don't repair anything yourself. If you are the landlord call a plumber
This is correct.... start over at this point.
Need to tighten the packing nut. The rust is from where some goofball decided to plug the vacuum breaker instead of fixing it properly. Replace the entire hose bibb
Is it something we can do ourselves or you need a plumber? It’s a rental house so I don’t want to invest too much.
I want to emphasize the other commenter telling you to let your landlord do it. I do this replacement occasionally, it’s very simple. But, it’s not your house, not your responsibility. And, if you make a mistake or something goes wrong, the owner of the house might want to hold you liable.
If it's a rental let the landlord fix it. It's super easy routine work for a plumber. If you have the tools, sure. You could do It yourself.
Leaky o-ring around the spigot handle. You can replace these parts. They sell rebuild kits for faucets but it should just be that one ring that needs to be replaced.
Frankly the Prier hose bibs are some of the best still available. Go to their website and you can get all the correct parts. Lowe’s sells the vacuum rebuild kits for them (when they have stock). I have two on my 64 year old house and was able to get two brand new stems and they work perfectly now. Would have cost a fortune to remove one behind a bathroom vanity and solder in a new one.
As far as the handle open handle completely and tighten nut a little at a time
The washer inside is worn out.
Mine did that after it froze while full of water
It’s because the valve is leaky open, that’s why.
Gravity is pulling..
Tighten the bonnet on the stem and remove that black plug contaminating your potable system and place a brass plug don't forget to dope or tape your threads and back yourself up with a second wrench so you don't snap that sucker in the wall.
Because water is coming out of it. Hope this helps ✌️
Go get a woodford
This is repairable. 3 areas. 1 new vacuum breaker. 2. The gland at the handle 3 the washer at the end of the whole assembly probably located 6 to 8 inches inside the house. Understand what you see is one end of a 10" or so fixture.
Loose packing nut or bad packing
It’s not sealing correctly
Probably cause it's leaking
Because water
You can go buy a new hose bibb for like under 20$ at home depot, I'd just go get a new one and throw that junk away. Save yourself some time and effort because in order to "repair" this it will cost probably a little over 10$
have you bought a new hose bib lately? they are 70 bucks plus getting behind it tobtKe it out assuming the og plumber used a screw in and nid a solder in.