First time user/poster, first time home owner (starter home, about four years old).
First project:
I left the garden hose attached to the outside faucet for a week while the temp dropped... now my kitchen floor floods when I turn the faucet on with a nozzle attached ( probably leaks either way, but I didn't detect it until I attached the nozzle and increased the pressure )....
I started looking into replacing the line ( pvc ) going out to the faucet, and started researching.
Problems I ran into while attempting to look at fixing the outside faucet:
1)I am unable to turn the main shutoff valves all the way off (pvc 90 degree shutoff valves... will attach a pic, they are located above my water heater ). I can turn them about 70%, and they get so tight that I would need a wrench to continue turning them. I tried a few in the store and they turned very easily and smooth.. is this normal when you add water pressure? -any tips on replacing the shutoff valves?
2)My kitchen has a 3-4ft wall that comes out into the room, and the water line is inside ( not easy to get to ), would like to fix this from the outside.
3) Do they make repair kits that slip inside of the current water line (going to the outside faucet)? Is it possible that the vacuum breaker on the faucet could be damaged and the water line is great shape, maybe this is why I only detect the leak when a nozzle is attached?
Thanks again for any suggestions.
First project:
I left the garden hose attached to the outside faucet for a week while the temp dropped... now my kitchen floor floods when I turn the faucet on with a nozzle attached ( probably leaks either way, but I didn't detect it until I attached the nozzle and increased the pressure )....
I started looking into replacing the line ( pvc ) going out to the faucet, and started researching.
Problems I ran into while attempting to look at fixing the outside faucet:
1)I am unable to turn the main shutoff valves all the way off (pvc 90 degree shutoff valves... will attach a pic, they are located above my water heater ). I can turn them about 70%, and they get so tight that I would need a wrench to continue turning them. I tried a few in the store and they turned very easily and smooth.. is this normal when you add water pressure? -any tips on replacing the shutoff valves?
2)My kitchen has a 3-4ft wall that comes out into the room, and the water line is inside ( not easy to get to ), would like to fix this from the outside.
3) Do they make repair kits that slip inside of the current water line (going to the outside faucet)? Is it possible that the vacuum breaker on the faucet could be damaged and the water line is great shape, maybe this is why I only detect the leak when a nozzle is attached?
Thanks again for any suggestions.