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Default Need help replacing outside hose valve
On 6/25/2020 5:03 PM, wrote:
OP here. I live in the North East, since someone asked.

dpb, what do you mean by packing? Is packing that white tape-line material you see on some shower heads where it screws into the pipe? Does it go into the treads?

No, that's teflon thread seal tape...

While they do make teflon packing, look up "string bonnet packing" --
it's what will seal around the stem through the bonnet cap...and by
using string material you don't need to find a specific-sized washer.


https://www.acehardware.com/departments/plumbing/faucet-and-faucet-repair/faucet-and-valve-packing

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