hello doityourself forum experts/members! this is my first post i hope you can help me. I have a nagging problem I want to fix. The outside faucet on one side of my house leaks when i turn it on. it seems to leak from behind the mounting flange, I have attached a link to the pdf parts diagram. It is on page 2. [URL="http://www.woodfordmfg.com/Woodford/Wall_Faucet_PDF/14CATALOG.pdf"]http://www.woodfordmfg.com/Woodford/Wall_Faucet_PDF/14CATALOG.pdf[/URL] the more i open it up the more it leaks. when i shut it off there is no discernible leak. what do you think is the culprit? i am confused by the water leaking seemingly from behind the mounting flange. one other question it looks like it is possible to remove the valve stem assembly from the "front" after taking off the handle packing nut etc, correct? if i had to guess i would think replacing the valve stem would solve the problem but i need to hear from more experienced people than me. anyway many thanks if someone can help me with this quickly - i am tired of lugging pails of water to my plants!!!

My master bath shower started smelling like sewage after taking a shower (or sometimes during - depending how long you take :eek:). Note that it drains as quick as ever, so there is no back-up at all, just really stinks. Stinks of sewage, not mold. Single story house, about 8 years old on slab. So here is what I did: [LIST] [*] - as every newbie - bought your "two part pipe foam cleaner" in a store and poured it in; no desired effect [*] - came to this forum and searched; learned that there could be a film of nasty slimy under the drain screen. So I took the drain screen off and found a film of nasty slimy. Used a bleach solution and a bottle cleaner to scrub / clean it all; looked great but still - no desired effect [*] - came to this forum and searched some more; climbed to the house roof. Poured water into every single plumbing vent until I was satisfied that none of them were filling up (none of them did that I saw - at all). No desired effect through. [*] - went to Lowes; bought a 20 feet plumber's snake / auger. Shoved it into the shower drain, until it was all in, hoping to find some pipe monsters. Nope, found nothing. Did not get a desired effect either... [/LIST] Now - here is how it looks down the drain just after the shower (while it is still stinking actually); I understand that some soap scum is expected to be in there, but I find it a bit strange that the water seems as ditry and foamy as it is; could this mean it is backing up from somewhere? Hmmm: [IMG]http://public.blu.livefilestore.com/y1peXgr_r8dxGXX1mhJFPM8XotXF2m59-A-Us7V3FyyQ51j0lbpzjxHirHBtkw7PDJSVI1qzkAmgu4vB_3YMATPvA/CIMG0636.JPG[/IMG] I have also verified that the water in the shower drain does NOT drain completely away, so I do not think that it is leaking into the foundation or under it, as I'd expect the water level to lower over time, especially if nobody is using a shower for hours... but that does not seem to be the case. I am also unable to hear some "gurgling" sounds, but as the problem happens while in a shower - I guess it's possible I miss it. At this point, the only other thing that I can think of is to open this up and see what I find; it is on the external wall outside of my bathroom. I expect that this is the place where you can access sewage plumbing in case there are major blockages. Note that I do not seem to have a drain issue anywhere in the house: [IMG]http://public.blu.livefilestore.com/y1p6po0HI09VIqJTP0KqUopOCmZU2p75m2gJ7DqI-lvk096036xABCFD3Dg_NqXUFEH24FO6iH5LnLVziQu5wH3MA/CIMG0640.JPG[/IMG] Any ideas?