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drahcirm t1_j0f20gc wrote

Full disclosure, I am not a plumber.

Do you have a tap below the level of the exterior faucet, such as in the basement?

You can turn off supply to home, open a tap on an upper floor, to vent, open exterior tap, and tap in the basement. Gravity will do what gravity does, but you need to allow it to vent.

Some low pressure compressed air can get the last of it out, from the exterior tap into your home, if there are any traps in the line that may prevent gravity from draining it all. If there are no traps, this would not be needed.

When done draining, turn off the exterior tap, and the interior shut off for the external tap, then close each other tap (upstairs and basement), then turn your supply back on.

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[deleted] OP t1_j0f2cm5 wrote

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Flolania t1_j0f51su wrote

I would cut it off and install an Anti-Siphon Sillcock Frost Free Outdoor Faucet. It will save you any headache.

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ToolMeister t1_j0g6bx6 wrote

>> as it burst previously in 2021.

You'd think the plumber who fixed it the first time would have replaced it with a frost free spigot or at least a shutoff with bleeder on the inside of the house. Guess he wanted to keep you as a customer for the next year.

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drahcirm t1_j0f81r5 wrote

Yeah, my suggestion wouldn't be applicable then. Good luck.

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