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  • Need help - replacing hose bib

    Hi first post here. The hose bibb for our outdoor garden hose has started dribbling a little even when tightened shut, so I bought a new bibb from Peavey Mart to replace the old one. But this morning when I tried removing the old bibb, I couldn't unscrew it even though I used two wrenches, one to turn the bibb and one to brace the water pipe. I remember replacing the old bibb some years ago and used teflon tape to seal the joint, but perhaps I tightened it too much? Does anyone have any suggestions how I can loosen the old bibb to remove it? Should I try irrigating the taped area with WD-40 or something similar to help loosen it? Or would that make it worse? Thanks in advance!

    --MKT​

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    Use hair dryer or something like that where bibb is connected, it will ease the screw as metal melts, it can be a primary solution, if it fails, you can try using a pipe freezing kit, it can shrink the metal , maybe it breaks the bond too

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