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.

Vacuum breaker is fouled or damaged. Homewerks vacvbkx1b vacuum breaker replacement kit for traditional anti siphon frost free sillcock valves. Get it as soon as thu. The vacuum cap is circular and about an inch in diameter and it either slips or screws onto the top of the faucet.

Came back and had air and water in the house system. Vacuum breakers do this by preventing backflow and back siphoning from occurring. Remembered the hose and shut it off. If you re lucky you can fix your leaking faucet by simply tightening the nut under the handle.

Series lf8 is a line of unique vacuum breakers specially made to permit the attachment of portable hoses to hose thread faucets. Any place where water is supplied for any use other than drinking water needs a vacuum breaker installed. Outdoor faucet repair kit. This video demonstrates how to repair or replace a woodford outdoor faucet vacuum breaker on a model 17 19 and 101 faucet sillcock.

3 9 out of 5 stars 183. Don t crank it hard. Faucet leaks from the vacuum breaker on top of the faucet when the faucet is on. Faucet may have a damaged seat and the faucet will need to be replaced.

I replaced one with a prier repair kit successfully. Excerpts from product description. Fig 4 pry off plastic cap and use pliers to remove the vacuum breaker body. Both were leaking through the vacuum breaker.

My house has two exterior hose bibs with vacuum breaker feature. The house was attached to a frost free faucet. Forgot about it went away for two days. Check for fouling or replace with vacuum breaker float kit rk 17vb.

Or replace a woodford outdoor faucet vacuum breaker on a. 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. Vacuum breaker kit for frost free valves 888 183 the home depot store finder. Spigotmaster sm01 vacuum breaker adapter converts an arrowhead pk1390 anti siphon valve into a straight through connection.