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Default hose leaking water?

On Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:26:37 -0700 (PDT), leza wang
wrote:

On Aug 15, 7:59Â*pm, Larry Fishel wrote:
Your tape job won't help. Garden hoses don't seal at the threads. The
bottom of the spigot should have a flat surface, which seals against a
washer, which seals against the end of the hose. If any of these 3
things are damaged, or the washer is missing, you may get this kind of
leak.


thanks larry then i should change the foset itself since i tried
different kind of hoses


Don't do that yet. Unless somebody was beating on it with a hammer,
the faucet is okay.
Make sure there is a new washer in the hose end. Just one.
Then make sure when you screw the hose on it is going all the way on
and compressing (pushing down on) the washer.
Nothing wrong with using pliers to tighten it if you don't overdo it.
No offense, but if you can't figure this out get somebody who is a bit
"handy" to help you.

--Vic