Your garden faucet leaks, here are our tips to change the seals or valves:
Category: Plumbing
Difficulty: 1/5 (1/5 being very easy)
Duration: 15 minutes
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First of all, here is some information, a garden / outdoor faucet consists of two parts, the valve body, which is connected to the water circuit and the head is the part that is turned to open or close the water.reparation fuite d'eau paris 18 There are three main sources of leaks:
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At the joint located at the connection point with the water circuit,
At the joint between the valve head and the valve
At the valve located at the end of the faucet head.
The steps to change the seal of the garden tap:
Identify the source of the leak
First of all, turn off the water, as close as possible to your garden tap, at worst cut the main power tap, located next to the water meter
Emptying the pipe until no more water
For a leak between the valve and the water supply pipe, unscrew the valve using a spanner (do not use excessive force on the supply hose), replace the seal and screw tightening well
For a leak at the head, unscrew the head (do not use excessive force on the supply pipe), using a wrench, then replace the seal by tightening screw
For continuous flow of water, even when you tighten up the valve, unscrew the head (careful not to overdo the intake hose), change the valve (full or punctured depending tap) and screw by tightening
Slowly open the water supply, ensuring that the leak is fixed
The tools needed:
A set of spanners
A fiber gasket or valve, pay attention there are several sizes, we recommend that you disassemble the faucet first time to identify the source of the leak and sealing to replace
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