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How to prevent stuck garden hose? - atgcpaul - 10-11-2020
This summer I found the hose the previous owner left connected to the spigot fused on. I needed to use a Dremel to cut a groove on the hose end and then break it off the spigot with a flat screwdriver and hammer. I then replaced the hose with my own hose which I also found to be fused on yesterday just 2 months later. I needed to use some channel locks to twist it off.
The house is on a well and the water is treated by a softener. I didn't see any mineral build up on the threads.
As we're about to turn the house over to a renter, I don't want this to be an issue down the road.
Is there something I can coat the spigot threads with to help prevent this?
Thanks
Paul
RE: How to prevent stuck garden hose? - srv52761 - 10-11-2020
Quick connect adapter.
RE: How to prevent stuck garden hose? - dwg - 10-11-2020
I'd try plumber's grease.
RE: How to prevent stuck garden hose? - K. L. McReynolds - 10-11-2020
Is the faucet cast iron or aluminum? Or plated brass? Or brass plating? Sounds like dissimilar metal corrosion.
If it were mine and going to a rental, I'd install an solid brass adapter---like the kind that has two connections That way the hose connects to solid brass. A possible gotcha there is the renter leaving one side open and you paying a huge water bill, not to mention foundation soaking damage.
RE: How to prevent stuck garden hose? - Snipe Hunter - 10-12-2020
(10-11-2020, 10:08 PM)dwg Wrote: I'd try plumber's grease.
+1
Not sure why it's binding. Maybe the spigot threads are toast or out of round?
Agree with Mack. Put one of those splitters on it just so you know the hose is screwed to a new/round threads.
RE: How to prevent stuck garden hose? - Roly - 10-12-2020
(10-11-2020, 10:51 PM)K. L McReynolds Wrote: Is the faucet cast iron or aluminum? Or plated brass? Or brass plating? Sounds like dissimilar metal corrosion.
If it were mine and going to a rental, I'd install an solid brass adapter---like the kind that has two connections That way the hose connects to solid brass. A possible gotcha there is the renter leaving one side open and you paying a huge water bill, not to mention foundation soaking damage.
+1 I have seen this where an aluminum end on the hose or on a nozzle connects to a brass fitting. Try never seize on the threads or get all brass parts. Roly
RE: How to prevent stuck garden hose? - Robert Adams - 10-12-2020
Buy hoses with brass ends. The aluminum ones will corrode and lock on forever.
RE: How to prevent stuck garden hose? - FireWood - 10-19-2020
PTFE pipe tape ought to do the trick.
RE: How to prevent stuck garden hose? - farmerj111 - 10-19-2020
Is it possible this could be an electrolysis issue? Perhaps there's voltage leaking from something that's grounded to the water pipes. Just a thought.