I need to be able to remove this outside spigot. There are screws on both side of the spigot housing. Will I be able to remove the screws and maybe turn the spigot housing in counter clockwise direction to remove it without damaging the pipe inside the wall. The wall inside is a drywall so it's not possible to see the pipe without cutting open the drywall so I'm trying to avoid cutting the drywall to see the pipe.
Last edited by BC_1910; 02-11-21 at 12:38 PM.
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The premise of trying to do this without opening up drywall is just wrong. If it's cpvc and you try to unscrew it from the outside you will likely only succeed in breaking it. You need to open up the drywall to #1 see what the connection is, and #2 to either cut it or put 2 wrenches on it, depending on what you find.
You will need to find out if it's a screwed connection or a soldered connection. It should be screwed, but I've seen many screwed valves soldered. Can you follow the pipe inside at some point? There should be an isolation valve on the inside.
Entire pipe is hidden in the drywall crawl space, and it comes out of the wall inside the cabinet under my kitchen sink. So the isolation valve is under my kitchen sink.
Now if the spigot is soldered, would that mean the pipe where the spigot is connected is copper instead of CPVC? The pipe that comes out the wall under my kitchen sink is CPVC where the isolation valve is connected.
The premise of trying to do this without opening up drywall is just wrong. If it's cpvc and you try to unscrew it from the outside you will likely only succeed in breaking it. You need to open up the drywall to #1 see what the connection is, and #2 to either cut it or put 2 wrenches on it, depending on what you find.
No way to tell without opening the wall and looking at the connection.
In any case trying to unscrew from CPVC is likely to break the pipe. Two wrenches should always be used for screwed connections to prevent pipe twisting and in the case of CPVC/PVC shattering the pipe.
From the fact that you see CPVC tells me it's screwed on. You can't solder a metal valve to CPVC. However, as XSPLR suggest, you can't just unscrew the spigot. On any screwed fitting you need to hold one side with a wrench as you use another wrench to unscrew or screw it back on. (For any action you will see a reaction.)
And by the way, that other wrench on the pipe better be very close to the valve, not several feet away.
FWIW...why do you need to remove the spigot? If you aren't using it anymore just keep the isolation valve closed and forget it. If it leaks it can be rebuilt without removing it.
My knob along with valve stem broke off. There is a piece left behind in the wall but I am unable to grab onto it.
Any suggestions on how to get this out? Not sure if it screws out or not? And what type of tool could I use to remove it.
any assistance would be highly appreciated
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[i]Knob and valve stem broke off[/i]
While replacing the plumbing lines in my house, I came to realize the main shutoff was not completely closing. Therefore I'd like to address the issue now while it's on my mind. Issue is the valve is installed very low and the pipe just barely straightens as it comes into the inlet. Also, the pipe on the inlet side is coated in solder, so it would take quite a bit of cleaning. Rather than removing the valve, I was thinking I'd just leave it in the fully open position and install a ball valve directly above it. Any reason not to do
this?
I'll be replacing the pressure regulator at the same time (ordered a Resideo Braukmann DS06). Since the valve and regulator are so close to the wall, I plan on using union fittings. Is this the proper way to do it? Any other tips before I tackle this? First order of business is determining whether I can shut the street valve off without having to call the water company out.
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