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I am trying to change a hose bib on outside of the house. The bib is
stuck and I cannot seem to free it up. When I turn it the pipe it is
connected to turns as well. I tried to hold the main pipe with a
plumber's wrench and pliers, but I cannot grip the pipe very well
because it is smooth and round. Should i use lock-tite or is there some
other chemical I can use to loosen the bib's connection from the pipe?


Got the same problem. My house has stucco. It has a copper feed, coming up
to a nut that holds on the hose bibb. I am first going to try getting
another set of "guts, and just taking that stem and seal out, and hope that
will fix it.

If'n that don't, the nut that holds it on there looks as corroded as one of
those Carlsbad Caverns formations, and I am not looking forward to attacking
it with a wrench. Plus, there is no space to put a backup so I don't twist
off the copper feed.

So, I am going to shut the water off ONE OF THESE DAYS, and take the guts
and see if I can find a match. Will probably have to buy the whole hose
bibb, but if it works, that will be a real deal. If that don't work, I will
just have to crack out the stucco enough to get a backup on there, and if
that don't work, I will have to crack out the stucco more enough to get in
there and cut it and put new copper.

Yikes. It's always something.

Let me know how yours works out so I know what NOT to do.

Steve ;-)