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8/23/2019 (Permalink)

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Replacing A Leaking Hose Bib Before It Damages Your Newark House

The winter months in Newark bring excessively cold temperatures and cold snaps that can quickly freeze any exposed vulnerabilities in your plumbing. While many homes have the pipe leading to a hose connector outside insulated from these threats, aging fixtures can lead to small leaks that worsen over time. Without recognizing these threats, even something as simple as a steady drip on the hose bib outside, you risk leaving your house vulnerable to a substantial water loss emergency when this fixture freezes and breaks.

The best way to discover any water damage in Newark home fixtures like this hose connection and valve assembly is to inspect them visually. Sometimes water leaks are minute and difficult to identify, and regularly inspecting the plumbing as best as you can allows you to discover growing problems before they become costly and devastating emergencies. When you determine a need to replace this outside faucet connection, you have some options. While we are licensed residential contractors through the state of Delaware that can handle the full replacement of your entire plumbing system, we can help our customers with some quick tips and strategies to replace these fittings and protect them against the cold weather to come.

Home improvement locations should have all of the new fittings and hose connector that you want based on the pipe size and threading coming from inside of your property. A good idea is to take your old hose bib to compare with any new choices you are making and ensure they are similar sizes. Installing the fixture requires very little beyond the physical components and a couple of tools.

Getting the old hardware off can be among the most challenging aspects of this repair, and it often requires one person standing inside where the pipe enters the property with a monkey wrench preventing the straight piece of plumbing from turning and breaking when unthreading the connection outside. When putting the new hardware on, you can help to reduce the possibility of leaks and breaches in the future with the application of some thread tape. This tool provides a better seal for the fittings and reduces vulnerabilities over time.

While homeowners can often address replacing small fixtures like this on their own, our SERVPRO of Newark team is always here when the job becomes more significant than you initially thought, or you need the assurances of a job done correctly. Give our professionals a call whenever you need us at (302) 733-7933.

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