Frost Free Faucet Vacuum Breaker Leak

Protect your valve and faucet from freezing and rupturing in cold weather with this vacuum breaker kit for frost free valves.

Frost free faucet vacuum breaker leak.

Check for fouling or replace with vacuum breaker float kit rk 17vb. Faucet may have a damaged seat and the faucet will need to be replaced. A leaking frost proof faucet can waste a lot of water but fixes are simple whether the problem is the faucet stem washer assembly the vacuum breaker or just a loose retaining nut. Both were leaking through the vacuum breaker.

Any place where water is supplied for any use other than drinking water needs a vacuum breaker installed. The vacuum cap is circular and about an inch in diameter and it either slips or screws onto the top of the faucet. Remembered the hose and shut it off. I replaced one with a prier repair kit successfully.

Don t crank it hard. My house has two exterior hose bibs with vacuum breaker feature. The house was attached to a frost free faucet. Watts also sells a lead free series lf8 hose connection vacuum breaker that is an add on vacuum breaker between an existing hose bibb and a garden hose.

A vacuum breaker is one of several devices designed to prevent water that leaves the faucet from flowing back into the plumbing system. Came back and had air and water in the house system. Get it as soon as thu. Or replace a woodford outdoor faucet vacuum breaker on a.

Vacuum breaker kit for frost free valves 888 183 the home depot store finder. Outdoor faucet repair kit. Homewerks vacvbkx1b vacuum breaker replacement kit for traditional anti siphon frost free sillcock valves. Vacuum breaker is fouled or damaged.

If you re lucky you can fix your leaking faucet by simply tightening the nut under the handle. This video demonstrates how to repair or replace a woodford outdoor faucet vacuum breaker on a model 17 19 and 101 faucet sillcock. Spigotmaster sm01 vacuum breaker adapter converts an arrowhead pk1390 anti siphon valve into a straight through connection. Vacuum breakers do this by preventing backflow and back siphoning from occurring.

Fig 4 pry off plastic cap and use pliers to remove the vacuum breaker body. Faucet leaks from the vacuum breaker on top of the faucet when the faucet is on. Series lf8 is a line of unique vacuum breakers specially made to permit the attachment of portable hoses to hose thread faucets. Forgot about it went away for two days.