Leaking outside tap

briancarr82

Outside tap leaking the last week, has gotten progressively worse. Water seems to be coming out at top arrow and then running down and dripping at bottom arrow. I'm clueless, any tips?

K.Flyer

If you look carefully you will see that the water is leaking from where the Red Arrow is pointing at and is running down the pipe.
Get a spanner to fit and try tighten it up.

briancarr82

Thanks very much, tightened an still a slight drip. Prob needs some new plumbers tape

K.Flyer wrote: »

If you look carefully you will see that the water is leaking from where the Red Arrow is pointing at and is running down the pipe.
Get a spanner to fit and try tighten it up.

Stanford

Once patch up jobs start they are unreliable and the fitting look very corroded, for peace of mind I would replace the assembly

briancarr82

so do you think i should replace elbow joint and tap as seen in pic?

K.Flyer

The fittings look to be only stained.
Go to your local hardware or plumbing supplier and buy a roll of PTFE tape.
Turn off the water supply from inside the house, usually the mains, run the tap until water stops, loosen the leaking nut, remove the three screws from the holding plate, lift complete assembly from the top of the pipe, put three - four wraps of PTFE tape on the brass ring on the pipe on the side towards the end of the pipe, put the tap assembly back on pipe and hand tughten the nut back onto the assembly. Put the three screws back in and tighten, use a spanner and tighten the nut, turn on the water supply and check if its ok.

briancarr82

Sound, I bought the plate but can’t get old nut off over pipe see attached. I’ll leave as is and try with the tap

K.Flyer wrote: »

The fittings look to be only stained.
Go to your local hardware or plumbing supplier and buy a roll of PTFE tape.
Turn off the water supply from inside the house, usually the mains, run the tap until water stops, loosen the leaking nut, remove the three screws from the holding plate, lift complete assembly from the top of the pipe, put three - four wraps of PTFE tape on the brass ring on the pipe on the side towards the end of the pipe, put the tap assembly back on pipe and hand tughten the nut back onto the assembly. Put the three screws back in and tighten, use a spanner and tighten the nut, turn on the water supply and check if its ok.

briancarr82

would i have to cut this pipe to replace the nut? can't get it off over the washer. Going to try existing nut later as ptfe tape was eroded away

K.Flyer

There shouldn't be a need to cut the pipe. In saying that, there should be a little bit more pipe protruding out past the ring.
Try the ptfe. If it doesn't work you may need a few more extra pieces to put it back together properly.

briancarr82

Taped but still leaking, I have a new plate but how do I get nut off pvc pipe ? Does brass washer pull out?

[taled buquote="K.Flyer;107614290"]There shouldn't be a need to cut the pipe. In saying that, there should be a little bit more pipe protruding out past the ring.
Try the ptfe. If it doesn't work you may need a few more extra pieces to put it back together properly.[/quote]

briancarr82

Can anyone help?

briancarr82 wrote: »

Taped but still leaking, I have a new plate but how do I get nut off pvc pipe ? Does brass washer pull out?

[taled buquote="K.Flyer;107614290"]There shouldn't be a need to cut the pipe. In saying that, there should be a little bit more pipe protruding out past the ring.
Try the ptfe. If it doesn't work you may need a few more extra pieces to put it back together properly.

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Stanford

I did warn you about quick fixes

briancarr82

Didn’t do any fix yet trying to remove corroded fitting but can’t get it off the pvc pipe.

Stanford wrote: »

I did warn you about quick fixes

Stanford

This is the time to replace the whole assembly and use pvc fittings to avoid rust in the future