plumbing folks, what sort of pipe connection is this?

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Pipe looks like it's 5/8" OD, and the threads look like they are about 13/16" OD, and they look straight to me, not tapered. I'm fairly familiar with NPT fittings, and I think this isn't one. I am ASSUMING that the threads are attached to the pipe and not the spigot, but I suppose it's possible that the pipe is actually threaded into the spigot, and the visible threads are not actually being used.. if that makes sense?

Basically I need to replace this spigot, it's been slowly dripping for a while (the valve itself through the hose, not the threaded connection), and it's getting worse. What sort of connection is this? It doesn't leak out of the hose if I have a nozzel on the end of it, but then the hose stays fully pressurized (once the pressure builds up), and I've burst 2 hoses over the past year because I can't turn the pressure off all the way.

I'm going to have to shut the water off to the entire house to replace this, I don't see any valves anywhere near the pipe, so I'd rather only do it once and not have to leave it off for a long time.

Halp! :lmao:

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I took those in the morning before work, but looking at it again, I think the threads might actually be apart of the spigot, and not the pipe. So it must have internal threads as well, and external ones for some reason.

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neither the pipe nor the spigot are magnetic, so that might make sense?
 
M92PV4U said:
I'd probably pull it apart and replace the rubber sealing washer, or just flip it over.
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Ebs said:
This, those valves are pretty easy to repair.
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I hadn't thought about that, I'll give it a shot! In the interest of only turning off the water once, any idea what size the sealing washer would be, if simply flipping it over doesn't look feasable?
 
dnsfailure said:
I hadn't thought about that, I'll give it a shot! In the interest of only turning off the water once, any idea what size the sealing washer would be, if simply flipping it over doesn't look feasable?
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No. Lol. If I "rebuild one" I'd probably just make the washer. Leather would probably even work.
That valve is made by proflo. I haven't had any luck finding a stem or rebuld parts on the internet, but Ferguson may have something.
 
M92PV4U said:
No. Lol. If I "rebuild one" I'd probably just make the washer. Leather would probably even work.
That valve is made by proflo. I haven't had any luck finding a stem or rebuld parts on the internet, but Ferguson may have something.
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I have alot of rubber sheet and gasket punches, if it's a flat type gasket?
 
DozerDan82 said:
install water cooler connection shut off valve. It's fixed
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What kinda goofy calipers is that? It's like the tape measure I grabbed yesterday with all the measurements written out.. WTF?
 
as others said, just a sweat connection inside an NPT valve, got a few of them around here somewhere

flux on the new one
heat old one up and slide it off with a welding glove or rag
wipe the molten old solder with the rag
slide the new one on and solder it as normal

then proceed to do whatever traditional californian rituals of self-flagellation since you dared to touch leaded brass and possibly even (gasp) lead solder
 
I HATE PONIES said:
If you turn the water off and drain the system be sure to turn the water heater off first.
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Only a problem if you drain the heater. Without pressure to push water out of the heater, it will stay full.


M92PV4U said:
I think that it is a compression fitting that has been swetted on.
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Lots of brass plumbing fittings are designed to solder directly to copper, or thread to a coupling. Cuts the fittings required on the service truck in half.
 
Chevy_man said:
Lots of brass plumbing fittings are designed to solder directly to copper, or thread to a coupling. Cuts the fittings required on the service truck in half.
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also reduces the weight of the valve, which is kind of an interesting tangent
when copper got expensive it started getting cheaper to do more machining than less since the value of the chips exceeded the value of the machine-time and tool life
 
Chevy_man said:
Lots of brass plumbing fittings are designed to solder directly to copper, or thread to a coupling. Cuts the fittings required on the service truck in half.
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He said that it looked like stright threads. I've seen combination fittings, but I don't think that the ones we stock are like that, I'll check now though.
 
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as others said, just a sweat connection inside an NPT valve, got a few of them around here somewhere

flux on the new one
heat old one up and slide it off with a welding glove or rag
wipe the molten old solder with the rag
slide the new one on and solder it as normal

then proceed to do whatever traditional californian rituals of self-flagellation since you dared to touch leaded brass and possibly even (gasp) lead solder
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Yes

5 minute task to sweat a new valve on there.
 
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