glad to find this great forum. I seem to have corrupted the grooves of the outdoor garden faucet, so no hose or adapter fits without major leaking.
This problem was caused by a cheap garden hose purchased from a major retailer that begins with W. The faucet end of the hose was screwed to the very top of the grooves and worked well for weeks with no leakage whatsoever, so I was quite happy about that.
However, when attempting to remove the hose in favor of a soaker hose the connector was solidly stuck. I applied WD40 and spent some time wrestling with the cheaply made metal connector to remove it. In the process, I’m afraid that the faucet grooves may have been damaged.
I’m sure that to remove the groove section (water spout section) requires the removal of the entire structure meaning tearing down the brickwork and going into the wall. Very intense work and costly to hire a plumber and perhaps a brick mason too.
I tried to attach a connector device but it doesn’t fit properly and goes on sideways. I have another outdoor faucet in the back yard which attaches perfectly to this plastic connector.
Pic below shows the leak from the crookedly connected plastic adapter.
I then tried a metallic brass adapter which worked a little better but still had leaks; problem there is that it didn’t screw past just 2 or 3 grooves – implying that somewhere on the faucet grooves we have corruption that originated from my wrestling match to get the cheap hose header out. The brass connector also had leaks from the midsection where it attached to the hose but the plastic adapter did not have the midsection leak, only from the top.
So what am I to do? Is there some device attachment that will catch all the water and funnel it into the pipe? Or do I have to tear my wall down?
Thanks for any advice!
This problem was caused by a cheap garden hose purchased from a major retailer that begins with W. The faucet end of the hose was screwed to the very top of the grooves and worked well for weeks with no leakage whatsoever, so I was quite happy about that.
However, when attempting to remove the hose in favor of a soaker hose the connector was solidly stuck. I applied WD40 and spent some time wrestling with the cheaply made metal connector to remove it. In the process, I’m afraid that the faucet grooves may have been damaged.
I’m sure that to remove the groove section (water spout section) requires the removal of the entire structure meaning tearing down the brickwork and going into the wall. Very intense work and costly to hire a plumber and perhaps a brick mason too.
I tried to attach a connector device but it doesn’t fit properly and goes on sideways. I have another outdoor faucet in the back yard which attaches perfectly to this plastic connector.
Pic below shows the leak from the crookedly connected plastic adapter.
I then tried a metallic brass adapter which worked a little better but still had leaks; problem there is that it didn’t screw past just 2 or 3 grooves – implying that somewhere on the faucet grooves we have corruption that originated from my wrestling match to get the cheap hose header out. The brass connector also had leaks from the midsection where it attached to the hose but the plastic adapter did not have the midsection leak, only from the top.
So what am I to do? Is there some device attachment that will catch all the water and funnel it into the pipe? Or do I have to tear my wall down?
Thanks for any advice!