DerbyDad03 wrote:
The Daring Dufas wrote:
dpb wrote:
Tim wrote:
on a regular outdoor water (hose) spicket...

That would be "sigot".

A couple ones I've tried have oddly shaped stem washers that couldn't
find direct replacements for.

But, old-style packing still works.

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Try "spigot", I don't know what a "sigot" is.
I've repaired or replaced many a spigot. The
dumbest thing I've seen is when someone leaves
a hose connected to a freeze proof outdoor spigot
or faucet in winter weather.

TDD

No, the dumbest thing is when the neighbor leaves a frozen open-ended
hose attached, the wife turns the spigot on full and then walks away
when no water comes out.

Guess what happened during a January thaw while they were away for the
weekend?

Almost as dumb, when they leave the hose connected,
they usually leave the faucet on and the hose nozzle
turned off. This allows the water to freeze all the
way back inside the wall and burst the valve inside
the basement or crawl space. Here's what I'm referring
to:

http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/how-...480863,00.html

The valve seat is actually on the other side of the wall.

TDD