Outside faucet leaking - replaced with kit, still leaks

[zirc...@yahoo.com]

I'm trying to repair an outside faucet. What happens is that when
there is any resistance in the line (like even a hose hooked up),
water shoots out from around the handle. It gets all over the house
and sometimes all over the person trying to work the handle.

So I finally tracked down a replacement kit at a plumbing supply shop,
and replaced all the innards of the faucet. But it still leaks! Is
this just designed to do this?

Here is a pic of the faucet with the new kit installed.
http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/8617/water1ql0.jpg
Everything inside is new except the seat. The whole thing is soldered
in and the inside is finished so I can't just easily replace the whole
unit with a new one.

Here is what it does when you turn it on:
http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/7171/water2cy1.jpg

Thanks for any help.

[hal...@aol.com]

On May 15, 9:01�pm, zirco...@yahoo.com wrote:
> I'm trying to repair an outside faucet. What happens is that when
> there is any resistance in the line (like even a hose hooked up),
> water shoots out from around the handle. It gets all over the house
> and sometimes all over the person trying to work the handle.
>
> So I finally tracked down a replacement kit at a plumbing supply shop,
> and replaced all the innards of the faucet. But it still leaks! Is
> this just designed to do this?
>

> Here is a pic of the faucet with the new kit installed.http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/8617/water1ql0.jpg

> Everything inside is new except the seat.  The whole thing is soldered
> in and the inside is finished so I can't just easily replace the whole
> unit with a new one.
>
> Here is what it does when you turn it on:http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/7171/water2cy1.jpg
>
> Thanks for any help.

leaks around the handle are easily solved by tightening the nut around
the handle 1/2 turn at a time if you have the old parts try
reinstalling them

i have never seen a faucet kit like that

[Grandpa]

Looks like a backflow prevention faucet partly doing its job. Are
you sure its put together properly? Not just the way it was before,
but to factory spec?
--
Grandpa

[zirc...@yahoo.com]

Grandpa wrote:
> Looks like a backflow prevention faucet partly doing its job. Are
> you sure its put together properly? Not just the way it was before,
> but to factory spec?
> --
> Grandpa

I had the guy at the plumbing supply shop put it together for me to
make sure it would be correct. I just unscrewed the old assembly and
screwed the new one in.

I guess I'll leave the water turned off for a day and take it back
out, then try to make it over to the supply shop over my lunch hour.
I'm guessing something just isn't put together right.

hallerb wrote:
> leaks around the handle are easily solved by tightening the nut around
> the handle 1/2 turn at a time if you have the old parts try
> reinstalling them

Hmmm its brand new, and I did tighten it all the way in (there's just
one 'nut' to turn, you turn the whole thing inward to install it).

> i have never seen a faucet kit like that

Its a Woodford Model 25 I believe:
http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/2154/woodfordzh2.gif

Could it be a problem with the vacuum breaker? (part 10 on the
diagram). I found a post elsewhere on the internet that said in part:

>> Now, if it leaks CONSTANTLY when water is ON and/or after the initial drainage when tap
>> is turned off, you may wish to replace the anti-siphon devise ONLY!!! it just screws onto the
>> tap like a regular hose, you DO NOT need to replace the whole sillcock.

But I'm not sure what part they are taking about that is leaking.

[SJF]

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From here, it looks like the packing nut has been prevented from fully
compressing the packing because older parts of the valve are blocking its
travel. Just a guess. Not familiar with that faucet.

SJF