I have not seen them at local plumbing stores or the box stores. Looks like they will come in handy for installing sillcocks as in the video.
Source For Brass Flange 1/2 FPT x 1/2 Copper
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That’s doing it wrong in cold environments-you want a frost free faucet that has the valve & seat on the inside where it can’t freeze, then put the sharkbite connector on the inside. Then as long as people don’t forget to disconnect the hose in freezing weather…
Frost Frees are not necessary if there is a inside shutoff and the pipe is drained. Frost Frees can be difficult to repair if it is not a common good quality brand and they can be difficult to replace, sometimes necessitating drywall cutting in the basement ceiling.
With a1/2" male pipe thread adaptor. Box or hardware might also have them
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I want the separate flange. It makes future replacement of the sillcock easy, just unthread the old one and thread the new one on.
That's multiple "if's" for a shutoff that is actually shutoff, and the valve is opened to drain, and they disconnected the hose. I've seen all of those in different combinations.
For the drywall cutting in basement ceiling, where is the shutoff for the pipe to be drained?
My friends rental house had that issue. We had put in a 14" Frost Free version and had a shutoff behind an access panel. Warmer winter day the renter decided to open the supply ball valve to wash his car. He left the hose connected when done and a coupel days later it was single digits. Froze right inside and cracked the pipe.
The shutoff valve is usually behind an access panel in the basement ceiling.
I install quite a few sillcocks for customers and the only time I install frostfree is if the customer is not plumbing savvy at all. Most of my customers can be depended on to drain the pipe between the shutoff and the sillcock.
There are some customers where I have to go every fall and winterize their sillcocks, otherwise it is a guaranteed split pipe come spring time.
I love these over simplified plumbing videos.
That flange will 100% freeze. It is to far away from the heat envelope, especially in Canada, if not cut off and drained.
Yup, tenant of a customer of mine had a dog, used the hose on a frostfree late April to hose the paved backyard and left the hose connected. Cold spell in early May split the barrel of the frostfree. He paid for me to replace the frostfree. I had to open up the drywall inside because there was no shutoff. I put a shutoff in behind an access panel.
Sure, it will freeze IF the pipe is not drained.
the thing i like about the flange is it size. It would anchor well, plus you can just install any male sill cock or boiler drain.
I would advise at least one of those styrofoam covers, just as a protective layer.
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