OT water spigot

[H.C.]

This is funny to me, but it's also a tad embarrassing.

I got home tonight after hanging out with little kids.(can't believe they pay me for this) Went to turn off the spigot after watering my garden and it wouldn't shut off.
Now, I'm afraid to crawl under houses. I've done it many times growing up, including the first year I moved in to this house. Had to replace the backyard spigot when it cracked in the summer. I hated every second of it, but I fixed it.

I shut off the water, grabbed my tools and took the spigot apart. Figured I could find replacement parts at the hardware store. The pipe wasn't cracked so no need to yank it off.
Well they didn't have replacement parts for a spigot so old. Therefore I grabbed a new spigot. Which means I have to crawl under my house tomorrow.... Something I've always been afraid of doing at any house.
It's not about the darkness as I've been in pitch black woods before, nor am I all that afraid of critters.
I'm just scared of crawling under houses.

I imagine someone reading this will think whats going though my head.
'Man up kid, nobody is going to do it for you. Just do it, as the quicker you do it the less you'll dwell on being afraid of crawling under your house.'

I tried to get my gf to do it, but she refused. Sigh... dunno what I keep her around for.

 

[stampedehero]

After you turn off the water supply, you can cut the pipe with a simple twist tool designed to provide accurate circumference cutting and install a "Sharkbite" Check it out on Utube and at your H Depot.

I know how you feel about crawl spaces.
I was a Home Inspector for 25 years and crawl space inspections SUCK. I experienced and/or feared rabid raccoons or nests, snakes, rats, asbestos pipe wrap, spiders, undersoil bee and wasp bests and mice turds (virus). Depending upon the house age you had to choose to wear an OSHA mask, head protection, coveralls, proper gloves and tight bands at the sock area. The worst are the low clearance conditions. Customers thought I went into a toxic zone.

 

[RipCityDSCPL]

This is funny to me, but it's also a tad embarrassing.

I got home tonight after hanging out with little kids.(can't believe they pay me for this) Went to turn off the spigot after watering my garden and it wouldn't shut off.
Now, I'm afraid to crawl under houses. I've done it many times growing up, including the first year I moved in to this house. Had to replace the backyard spigot when it cracked in the summer. I hated every second of it, but I fixed it.

I shut off the water, grabbed my tools and took the spigot apart. Figured I could find replacement parts at the hardware store. The pipe wasn't cracked so no need to yank it off.
Well they didn't have replacement parts for a spigot so old. Therefore I grabbed a new spigot. Which means I have to crawl under my house tomorrow.... Something I've always been afraid of doing at any house.
It's not about the darkness as I've been in pitch black woods before, nor am I all that afraid of critters.
I'm just scared of crawling under houses.

I imagine someone reading this will think whats going though my head.
'Man up kid, nobody is going to do it for you. Just do it, as the quicker you do it the less you'll dwell on being afraid of crawling under your house.'

I tried to get my gf to do it, but she refused. Sigh... dunno what I keep her around for.

You think you might have Wicked Witch Syndrome?

 

[Mediocre Man]

Who you callin a spigot?

 

[H.C.]

After you turn off the water supply, you can cut the pipe with a simple twist tool designed to provide accurate circumference cutting and install a "Sharkbite" Check it out on Utube and at your H Depot.

I know how you feel about crawl spaces.
I was a Home Inspector for 25 years and crawl space inspections SUCK. I experienced and/or feared rabid raccoons or nests, snakes, rats, asbestos pipe wrap, spiders, undersoil bee and wasp bests and mice turds (virus). Depending upon the house age you had to choose to wear an OSHA mask, head protection, coveralls, proper gloves and tight bands at the sock area. The worst are the low clearance conditions. Customers thought I went into a toxic zone.View attachment 16125

Yeah well I want to wear a suit of armor and take my shotgun under there.
But can't do that.
Instead I'll be wearing a hoodie and jeans. It's going to be wonderful as the hole to get to the spigot is on the otherside of the house.
Before I do that I'm going to look closer at this sharkbite thing. The videos I've seen so far don't really explain much. Will keep looking.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

This is funny to me, but it's also a tad embarrassing.

I got home tonight after hanging out with little kids.(can't believe they pay me for this) Went to turn off the spigot after watering my garden and it wouldn't shut off.
Now, I'm afraid to crawl under houses. I've done it many times growing up, including the first year I moved in to this house. Had to replace the backyard spigot when it cracked in the summer. I hated every second of it, but I fixed it.

I shut off the water, grabbed my tools and took the spigot apart. Figured I could find replacement parts at the hardware store. The pipe wasn't cracked so no need to yank it off.
Well they didn't have replacement parts for a spigot so old. Therefore I grabbed a new spigot. Which means I have to crawl under my house tomorrow.... Something I've always been afraid of doing at any house.
It's not about the darkness as I've been in pitch black woods before, nor am I all that afraid of critters.
I'm just scared of crawling under houses.

I imagine someone reading this will think whats going though my head.
'Man up kid, nobody is going to do it for you. Just do it, as the quicker you do it the less you'll dwell on being afraid of crawling under your house.'

I tried to get my gf to do it, but she refused. Sigh... dunno what I keep her around for.

She plays with your penis. That's why you keep her around.

I've heard @Strenuus gives a mean reacharound though and he would probably like free room and board.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

This is funny to me, but it's also a tad embarrassing.

I got home tonight after hanging out with little kids.(can't believe they pay me for this) Went to turn off the spigot after watering my garden and it wouldn't shut off.
Now, I'm afraid to crawl under houses. I've done it many times growing up, including the first year I moved in to this house. Had to replace the backyard spigot when it cracked in the summer. I hated every second of it, but I fixed it.

I shut off the water, grabbed my tools and took the spigot apart. Figured I could find replacement parts at the hardware store. The pipe wasn't cracked so no need to yank it off.
Well they didn't have replacement parts for a spigot so old. Therefore I grabbed a new spigot. Which means I have to crawl under my house tomorrow.... Something I've always been afraid of doing at any house.
It's not about the darkness as I've been in pitch black woods before, nor am I all that afraid of critters.
I'm just scared of crawling under houses.

I imagine someone reading this will think whats going though my head.
'Man up kid, nobody is going to do it for you. Just do it, as the quicker you do it the less you'll dwell on being afraid of crawling under your house.'

I tried to get my gf to do it, but she refused. Sigh... dunno what I keep her around for.

Go to Home Depot, get an garden hose thread to 1/2 pipe thread adapter. Screw that on the end of the spigot. The get a new spigot and screw that onto the adapter. So you'll have one new working spigot on the end of your old non working spigot.

Then when you have 2 or 3 reasons to crawl under the house you can fix it then.

You're welcome.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Go to Home Depot, get an garden hose thread to 1/2 pipe thread adapter. Screw that on the end of the spigot. The get a new spigot and screw that onto the adapter. So you'll have one new working spigot on the end of your old non working spigot.

Then when you have 2 or 3 reasons to crawl under the house you can fix it then.

You're welcome.

Or just put something like this on the end of your spigot.

Amazon product ASIN B000HHQAQY

 

[H.C.]

Or just put something like this on the end of your spigot.

Amazon product ASIN B000HHQAQY

I was looking for a plug at lowes last night. Couldn't find one in the plumbing section.
I'm going to bite the bullet in a few moments. Hopefully this'll be the last time I have to crawl under the house.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I was looking for a plug at lowes last night. Couldn't find one in the plumbing section.
I'm going to bite the bullet in a few moments. Hopefully this'll be the last time I have to crawl under the house.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[Chris Craig]

Number #3 will floor you

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Number #3 will floor you

#1 is what he should be aware of.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[Chris Craig]

#1 is what he should be aware of.

Yeah, I was just thinking that. #2 as well if its really dark down there, but a recluse is more likely. Saw one the other day. One took a chunk out of my arm when I was young with its venom.

 

[H.C.]

Okay... not that all afraid of spiders. But you deserve this.

die in a fire you Nazi.
Lemme go take a picture real quick for you.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Yeah, I was just thinking that. #2 as well if its really dark down there, but a recluse is more likely. Saw one the other day. One took a chunk out of my arm when I was young with its venom.

Also crawlspaces are a gateway to upside down world.

 

[RipCityDSCPL]

 

[crandc]

This is funny to me, but it's also a tad embarrassing.

I got home tonight after hanging out with little kids.(can't believe they pay me for this) Went to turn off the spigot after watering my garden and it wouldn't shut off.
Now, I'm afraid to crawl under houses. I've done it many times growing up, including the first year I moved in to this house. Had to replace the backyard spigot when it cracked in the summer. I hated every second of it, but I fixed it.

I shut off the water, grabbed my tools and took the spigot apart. Figured I could find replacement parts at the hardware store. The pipe wasn't cracked so no need to yank it off.
Well they didn't have replacement parts for a spigot so old. Therefore I grabbed a new spigot. Which means I have to crawl under my house tomorrow.... Something I've always been afraid of doing at any house.
It's not about the darkness as I've been in pitch black woods before, nor am I all that afraid of critters.
I'm just scared of crawling under houses.

I imagine someone reading this will think whats going though my head.
'Man up kid, nobody is going to do it for you. Just do it, as the quicker you do it the less you'll dwell on being afraid of crawling under your house.'

I tried to get my gf to do it, but she refused. Sigh... dunno what I keep her around for.

Everyone has their "thing". I am terrible on heights. I am paying someone to replace the lights in the garage door opener. Standard bulbs, but I can't handle climbing a ladder in the middle of a concrete floor with nothing to hold on to, taking it apart, and installing new bulbs, then putting it all back together.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Everyone has their "thing". I am terrible on heights. I am paying someone to replace the lights in the garage door opener. Standard bulbs, but I can't handle climbing a ladder in the middle of a concrete floor with nothing to hold on to, taking it apart, and installing new bulbs, then putting it all back together.

Have them put in LED bulbs, they'll last for years.

 

[Sinobas]

Is the knob lose, as though it's not actually closing the valve? Sometimes you can just tighten the knob with a screw driver. Also, I don't think you have to go under the house unless you have a frost free kind. The regular kinds just screw into the pipe.

 

[Sinobas]

When I have to go under my house, I just pretend like I'm a soldier in Vietman going in to clear out a spider hole, but I know nothing down there will actually kill me, so it distracts from the idea that i might crawl over rodent crap.

 

[H.C.]

@SlyPokerDog
So sly. Lets say I put the spigot on the spigot.
How exactly do I stop the water from leaking out the old spigot as this piece goes inside of it.

I could prolly put it back together. But is it going to leak?

 

[H.C.]

Is the knob lose, as though it's not actually closing the valve? Sometimes you can just tighten the knob with a screw driver. Also, I don't think you have to go under the house unless you have a frost free kind. The regular kinds just screw into the pipe.

I tried tightening that bolt, grabbed a ratchet. But it didn't prevent water from coming out of the spot you attach the hose.
Being that no one would ever mistake me for a plumber, I'm afraid if I just twist and break the old spigot loose. It will do something I'm not able to tackle to the pipe it's attached to.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

@SlyPokerDog
So sly. Lets say I put the spigot on the spigot.
How exactly do I stop the water from leaking out the old spigot as this piece goes inside of it.

I could prolly put it back together. But is it going to leak?

I thought you were talking about something like this.

Where is the water leaking from? The mouth of the spigot or the handle?

 

[H.C.]

Also crawlspaces are a gateway to upside down world.

Legit, I'm more afraid of shit like this in my crawl space. Even though it doesn't exist. Than I am afraid of any critter.

 

[H.C.]

I thought you were talking about something like this.

Where is the water leaking from? The mouth of the spigot or the handle?

Before I took it apart, it was leaking from the mouth.
The knob wouldn't tighten enough. I found the piece that failed when I took it apart. The end of the picture I showed you has a metal piece + oring that doesn't work anymore.
I can most likely put this piece I took out back in. Just not sure now that I got it apart, it'll prevent it from leaking out the handle.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Before I took it apart, it was leaking from the mouth.
The knob wouldn't tighten enough. I found the piece that failed when I took it apart. The end of the picture I showed you has a metal piece + oring that doesn't work anymore.
I can most likely put this piece I took out back in. Just not sure now that I got it apart, it'll prevent it from leaking out the handle.

Replace the o ring if you put it back in.

Are the pipes under your house copper, galvanized, or PVC?

What kind of pipe is your spigot connected to? If it's copper you have to be really careful twisting off the spigot, copper is soft and twists easily. PVC also breaks easily. If it's galvanized you can wrench on that shit pretty hard.

I would try to put the handle back on, screw on a garden hose with a sprayer on the end that is shut off and turn on the water supply to the hose. If it leaks out the handle you can watch a couple of videos on youtube on how to fix the handle. If isn't leaking you can then put a spigot on your spigot.

Without a lot of experience in do-it-yourself plumbing I would try to keep your fixes as simple as possible.

 

[H.C.]

Replace the o ring if you put it back in.

Are the pipes under your house copper, galvanized, or PVC?

What kind of pipe is your spigot connected to? If it's copper you have to be really careful twisting off the spigot, copper is soft and twists easily. PVC also breaks easily. If it's galvanized you can wrench on that shit pretty hard.

I would try to put the handle back on, screw on a garden hose with a sprayer on the end that is shut off and turn on the water supply to the hose. If it leaks out the handle you can watch a couple of videos on youtube on how to fix the handle. If isn't leaking you can then put a spigot on your spigot.

Without a lot of experience in do-it-yourself plumbing I would try to keep your fixes as simple as possible.

I believe it's galvanized, as I remember looking at shiny silver with the spigot I changed when I first moved in.
But I'm not entirely sure as that was a few years ago.
I think I'll try to put this valve piece back in and see if it leaks out the handle with a hose like you suggested.
If it doesn't I'll see if I can't figure out how to put a spigot on a spigot.

 

[andalusian]

I am terrible on heights. I am paying someone to replace the lights in the garage door opener.

What spigot are you replacing them light with?

(Am I doing it right).

@SlyPokerDog will soon chime in with a helpful chart of birds of prey.