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Outdoor faucet leaking from top cap.
Finally an outdoor faucet may be leaking from the vacuum breaker a circular cap on the top of the faucet just behind the handle and that s the easiest repair of all.
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I wonder if i can buy something to cap it to stop the leak if i do that will i risk water trap inside and would it be risking bursting pipe in winter when the water freezes.
If you re lucky you can fix your leaking faucet by simply tightening the nut under the handle.
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The switch of the water source is very old and hard to turn to stop the water supply to this faucet.
How to cap an outdoor faucet.
I have an old outdoor faucet that is leaking water.
All outdoor faucets called hose bibs in the irrigation profession are made with male threading to accommodate a hose fixture which makes capping them very.
Don t crank it hard.