Installing a water spigot — Andy Bell of Handyman Matters discusses how to install a spigot right outside on the deck. He chooses the cold water line from under the kitchen sink (after shutting the water off from the house), and removes the existing connection. Then, after a hole is drilled from the outside to the kitchen, he connects the pipe from the outside under the sink. The valve feeds the spigot through a flexible pipe and a plastic compression fitting and a rubber grommet. The spigot is then sealed with caulk. And now there is now fresh water available outside for watering plants.
I am having a new hydro seed lawn put in next week and I plan on running 3 sprinklers to keep the entire area watered and moist. My problem is, I have a well and I do not have enough water pressure to run more than one sprinkler at a time. I do have a timer with four zones so I can run each sprinkler one after the other, but with three sessions a day that will take forever. Is there any way I can put a booster at the spigot to run at least two at a time? Possibly even all three at once? I figure if I can run a pressure washer with no problem, I should be able to supply that kind of PSI to three sprinklers. Thanks!
I understand it is there to prevent backflow and it should spray when the water is shut off. The problem is that it sprays the whole time I have the water on. The garden hose is attached and when I water my lawn with a sprinkler or use the hose it’s spraying everywhere. I’ve even turned it on with nothing attached and water comes out of the spigot as well as the outflow holes on the breaker. HELP! I get soaked every time I turn on my sprinkler! And it sure seems like a waste of a lot of water!
I would like to have a utility sink in my barn. The only water supply I have is a spigot about 15 feet away. Can I just use a garden hose to connect to the sink? Can I leave the water supply on and just use the sink facet to turn the water on and off for long periods of time? Do they sell a special hose so that the water can be left on. I do not want to install any underground pipes for this project. Any information will help. Please only answer if you are serious. Thank you.
there is a short hose attached to the reel….what hose connects to the house..the short one on the reel or my long garden hose..and I attached the short one to the house spigot but can’t figure how the long hose attaches..only 2 male ends left.
I finally realized that there is a connection (female) on the side of the reel…There is the connection that looks like a black V in the middle of the reel where my hose gets connected…the one on the side of the reel is the connection that I didn’t see…thanks all
It is a pretty fast leak. I filled up a gallon milk jug overnight and it was overflowing. For the time being, I have hooked up a garden hose to the spigot to keep water out of my garage. What could be causing this leak? Is it time to replace the hot water heater? Thanks!
How do I drain the water heater? It is electric. I see the spigot at the bottom. I plan to connect a garden hose and turn it on. However, do I need to shut down the water heater or just drain it?
Just want to do some preventative flushing. So I will turn off the circuit breaker, connect hose and open for a few minutes. Then close the spigot and turn on the circuit breaker again. Right? Nothing to turn on?
It seems like after a year and a half, they start leaking at the connections. Not where they screw on to the spigot but right under that. What am I doing wrong?
This is maddening! I am stationed in Germany, and am just trying to water my lawn. The German stores have only plastic hose couplings that are the threaded-to-quick-disconnect variety (as are the sprinkler attachments and so on). The hoses are quite flimsy, and the water pressure will cause the fittings to come apart if I close the nozzle at the hose end when I am washing the car or something like that…so, I bought an American hose on base with standard brass threaded ends and a sprinkler for my lawn.
When I attach the hose and turn on the water, the anti-siphon valve (small hole in the bottom of the spigot) shoots out water. This happens when the other end of the hose has nothing attached, and water flows readily from the hose, so I would be surprised if it were a backpressure issue. The problem happens on two separate outdoor spigots…what am I missing?
This is maddening! I am stationed in Germany, and am just trying to water my lawn. The German stores have only plastic hose couplings that are the threaded-to-quick-disconnect variety (as are the sprinkler attachments and so on). The hoses are quite flimsy, and the water pressure will cause the fittings to come apart if I close the nozzle at the hose end when I am washing the car or something like that…so, I bought an American hose on base with standard brass threaded ends and a sprinkler for my lawn.
When I attach the hose and turn on the water, the anti-siphon valve (small hole in the bottom of the spigot) shoots out water. This happens when the other end of the hose has nothing attached, and water flows readily from the hose, so I would be surprised if it were a backpressure issue. The problem happens on two separate outdoor spigots…what am I missing? The water is coming only from the anti-siphon outlet hole, not from around the fitting…
