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Remove Old Spigot

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Fast and Easy Hose Bib Change Out! #plumbing #diy #helpingothers

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What happens here

With the internal pipe exposed, use a crescent wrench or similar tool to firmly hold the pipe as a backup. This prevents the pipe from rotating or stressing its connection inside the wall. Then, use channel locks to grip the old spigot and turn it counter-clockwise to unscrew it from the pipe. The old spigot should come off cleanly.

Goal: Unscrew and detach the old outdoor spigot

Tools and materials

  • Channel Locks — Gripping and unscrewing the old spigot
  • Crescent Wrench — Holding the internal pipe as a backup

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here these little sheetrock saws by Milwaukee they're pretty awesome I just don't want this 90 to kind of Pop apart or something so now we're going to take a crescent wrench kind of hold this as a backup right here get all channel locks on there tight oh it actually is working it unscrewed out of there when you put Teflon on you want to go clockwise megalock a little bit of this on there whenever we tighten this down for the

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