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The insulated cover retains heat from the daytime sun and slows the escape of heat from the building through the spigot, keeping it above the freezing point overnight. I take the additional step of wrapping the spigot with an old wool sock for additional insulation before installing the foam cover.
I replaced a hose faucet on an exterior wall of my house. In order to do so, we removed the old faucet and had to scrape out some gray goop that was sealing the hole between the wall and the pipe. Now we have the new faucet and pipe and need to know what to put in the gap where the dark gray sealant was. It seemed kind of like caulk.
The set screw might be might have a round head, hex head, or even a hex key. Some are designed to that you break the head of the screw off after install so that it remains permanent. Most newer codes require that hose bibs be of the anti-siphon type and this devise is often used when upgrading an existing hose bib to meet code.
The pictured hose bib is a Prier, probably a C-138 Two for the price of one, first section is how to replace the seat washer, second to repair stem leakage. Note: The Handle, Stem, Stuffing Box, Packing Nut, Packing Nut Seal and Seat Washer all come out as one complete assembly on this faucet.
If you want to replace the whole faucet, do a computer search for a 5/8" OD outside compression hose faucet. Arrowhead brass & plumbing has a model #254CCLF that should do the trick. You may find a replacement at a plumbing store or large hardware store.
Trying to figure out what's a good way to install a hose bib. I'd like to avoid having to drill a new hole and cover the old one for aesthetic reasons. Here are my ideas: Just install a hose bib that's 2 inches off the ground, but turn it 90 degrees so you can attach a hose on the side and turn the valve on side.
The hose bib has two slots ar 3 and 9 o'clock positions that will normally be screwed to the siding material or ideally to at least on stud on one side a yhe siding or backing material on the other. There is one screw visible at the 3 o'clock position. If the other is missing the hose bib might have wiggled loose.
I have an outdoor hose bib that comes up from underground and rests against the house. The bib is threaded into the vertical pipe which is in turn threaded into a female fitting just above ground. The fitting at the bib is seeping, but tightening is complicated by the fact that the bib needs to point out from the house.
This way stresses on the bib due to pulling and tugging on an attached hose do not directly transmit into the copper pipe. Several examples are shown below. Successful mounting of this type of faucet may require pre-mounting the bib to the pipe that goes through the wall and then attaching the pipe to the water supply on the other side of the wall.
It has three outside hose bibbs, two are standard garden hose thread but one has a very fine thread that does not match either "Hose" or "Pipe" thread. I looked at Home Depot and they have all sorts of adapters for various types of threads, but nothing matching this. Here's a picture showing the hose bibb next to a standard hose thread.