| Jeff Wisnia 2007-06-01, 8:25 pm |
| Joy wrote:
> (I'm SO sorry. I'm learning a new browser and I managed to post this as
> a reply for someone else instead of a new post.)
>
> Nothing is easy in home repair!!!
> We tried to replace the packing washer in our outside hose bib and that
> seemed to go OK, but we removed the screw securing the handle and that
> screw seemed to plug a hole in the hollow stem which now leaks.
>
> What is the purpose of a hole in the hollow stem and how do you stop
> THAT from from leaking?
>
> The guys at Lowes never heard of such a thing.
>
> Here is a picture to help you understand what I have...
> http://mysite.verizon.net/bjkass123/bibhole.jpg
>
> Thanks for any ideas of what it's for and how to fix.
>
> Joy
I'll make a WAG that maybe the other end of that valve stem is pretty
conventionally shaped and has a rubber washer on it which should be held
in place by a screw. Maybe THAT screw has loosened (or even fallen out)
so that the rubber washer is no longer compressed under the screw's head
to keep water from entering the screw hole at that point.
To the OP, disassemble the hose bib further and let us know what you
find on the business end of the stem.
What that cross hole in the stem is for is a question I'd like to hear
the answer to. <G>
Jeff
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Jeffry Wisnia
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