"How To Fix A Leaking Hose Bib - From A Temporary Fix To No Leaks!"

So today we're gonna be fixing this hose bib that I put this little temporary valve on right this actually stopped our leak long enough for us to have time to fix this so come along let's get to fix it [Music] so I don't have a shutoff valve in my house so I always just come down here to the meter and hit this with the meter key righty tighty can pop this off this right here is a frost-free hose bib made by Arrowhead brass you can see that symbol right there that is one of theirs and we're gonna try to rebuild this let's grab a couple big adjustable jaw wrenches get one going for the back up We're Not Gonna unscrew the packing nut we're actually going to unscrew the back nut on this body and just take that get that on there get it nice and tightened make sure it's got like three points of contact there go ahead and see if we can get this apart a nice tip when working with wrenches like this the closer you can get them together to give it a squeeze the easier it's going to come apart they should just spin out this point pull that out of there this is not bad we should be able to just replace this washer right here and we'll be good to go we should be drip free here in just a couple minutes get this to where this won't move on us oh yeah that came out like butter I don't feel like Arrowhead brass makes these like this anymore this little Cup right here is built solid strong that's straight up a solid piece of square brass right with just the the right size cut out of it I've got an assorted flatbed washer and screw set that I got at a local supply house I've got a link in the comments for one of these and a couple tools if you like as well we can just take this match it up match it up to the good side if you're not 100 sure what size it is and this happens to be a double zero washer and we could put a new screw in it if we like but this old brass screw is good like there is nothing wrong with that none of the threads look eaten or anything a little bit of discoloration right up there on top but that's not affecting anything so here's another little quick tip when you're changing a washer like this put the numbers face down that way when you pull this off you can see exactly what it is and before we screw that in there let's just take a little bit of silicone grease just a dab of do you get that all nice and put on now so there's actually a little gasket right around this that looks like it's in good shape still too so we should be able to just put this back on spin it back in use a backup get that tightened down we're gonna go turn the water on a little bit get some water flowing through here and then close it just crack the valve get the water flowing now the system is pressurized we can shut this off and fully open it the rest of the way [Music] so now our drip has stopped we're good to rock and roll man that worked out very well Arrowhead brass makes quality valves that are easy to rebuild so I've talked about this many times before this is one of those tools for emergency water shutoff situations you want one of these if you have the style of meter in your area that allows you to use one of these meter Keys you want to have one handy because sometimes you got to use it that's what I got for you today an easy rebuild of my frost-free Arrowhead brass hose bib all right all right folks so there we go we're hooked up we've got our Arrowhead brass hose bib rebuilt we're back in business and now we can save this puppy for another day all right I know some people freaked out and said oh man you shouldn't use that that's hack business well you know what this is a great temporary fix for homeowners and service plumbers like that will help you if you don't have the rebuild kit how many trips to the Home Depot do you got to make or to Lowe's or wherever to find what you're looking for so I really hope you folks are enjoying the videos I really hope this helped if you guys could please subscribe click the like button check us out on Facebook Instagram Tick Tock we're everywhere we're just trying to help people and we hope we're doing that thank you very much and we'll see you again real soon a lot of people said oh man it wouldn't help you're a hack you're freaking blah blah blah you know what it's okay