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The Beginning Steps to Fix a Leaky Outdoor Faucet

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From Quick Guide: Outdoor Faucet Troubleshooting

Summary: Use these beginning steps to fix a leaky outdoor faucet in this free video on do it yourself plumbing.

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By Jon Olson
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Jon holds a Bachelors of Science in Education and Human Sciences degree, with an endorsement in Industrial Technology Education from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. ...read more

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" Hi! This John on behalf of Expert Village. In this video clip I will show you part one of fixing a leaky sillcock. A sillcock is a technical name for your faucet outside. So anytime you want to go to a hardware store looking for parts, if you refer to it as a sillcock, they will be more fully able to direct you where those parts are. Now in most houses there is a sillcock located in the front of the house and one located in the rear as well. Now inside these sillcocks there's just a few different workings. The main one, when I pull this thing apart is, there will be a long bar in the center of it and there will be a washer, and this is really what we are going to want to look for. "

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