[Shop-talk] Leaking faucet

[Pat Horne]

Works well but i learned the hard way that you should either turn off the water or at least know where the main shutoff valve is & know that it works. 

We had a stuck stop in a faculty lounge, so we loosened the packing nut a bit to get it closed. The whole top of the valve blew off, soaking the room, maintenance guy & the rooms below. Quite a mess! Turns out it was cross threaded. 

Peace,
Pat

Pat Horne 
We support Caldwell County Habitat for Humanity


On Sep 5, 2018, at 9:15 AM, Ian McFetridge <shop-talk2 at mcfetridge.org> wrote:

On a related note, I learned something recently that is probably obvious to many of you:  on a stuck valve, loosening the packing nut to break loose the valve, then tightening up is much better than my old method of applying gorilla force and shearing off the handle!

On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 3:33 AM Pat Horne <patintexas at icloud.com> wrote:
> Have you tried tightening the packing nut?
> 
> Try turning the water valves off & run a hose into the washer drain box, turn the hose on & see if there are any leaks. 
> 
> Peace,
> Pay
> 
> Pat Horne 
> We support Caldwell County Habitat for Humanity
> 
> 
> On Sep 4, 2018, at 5:26 PM, Scott Hall <scott.hall.personal at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
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