What to know about hosebibbs

    Although this is not a page for doityourselfers I want to caution people about replacing hosebibbs. For some reason most hose bibb makers feel compelled to have a place on the bibb where you can put a smooth jawed wrench like an adjustable wrench. This isnt bad unless you think that because of the hex shape you can unthread it. This is not always the case as I have seen time and time again when customers tried to unscrew a solder type hosebibb.

You can tell when there are threads
when you can see them but not when you can't

When there is plaster all around it you can't be sure

If you don't know the difference, this looks like it is threaded but it's not. It's soldered.

This hosebibb has female threads.

This hosebibb has male threads.

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