{"id":6153,"date":"2016-06-30T19:49:01","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T19:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chesmar.com\/?p=6153"},"modified":"2016-06-30T19:49:01","modified_gmt":"2016-06-30T19:49:01","slug":"fix-leaky-garden-spigot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/30\/fix-leaky-garden-spigot\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Fix A Leaky Garden Spigot"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-content\">\n<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-fullwidth-1 fusion-parallax-none nonhundred-percent-fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"fusion-row\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/chesmar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/How-To-Fix-A-Leaky-Garden-Spigot.jpg\" width=\"385\" height=\"261\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One of the small irritations of home ownership is a leaky outdoor spigot. You\u2019re trying to wash your car, water some plants, fill your pool \u2014 whatever the case may be \u2014 and you\u2019ve got this steady stream of water running down from the spigot and pooling next to your foundation. This is not only annoying and wasteful, but it could be bad for your foundation too.<\/p>\n<p>In a lot of cases, the problem is that there simply isn\u2019t a good seal between the hose and the spigot. In this case, some plumber\u2019s tape might do the trick, or you just might need a new hose.<\/p>\n<p>But there is another kind of leaking spigot that gives people problems, and the solution is less visibly obvious. Your handled faucet will have something called a \u201cpacking nut\u201d under the handle. Over time, these can come loose. We\u2019ll allow a professional to explain:<\/p>\n<p>As you can see, fixing your leak is as simple as tightening that packing nut. No need to really torque it on there. Just get it snug. No need to buy a new spigot, no need to call a plumber. All \u00a0you need is a little knowledge and a wrench.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\">\n<div class=\"video-shortcode\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the small irritations of home ownership is a leaky outdoor spigot. You\u2019re trying to wash your car, water some plants, fill your pool \u2014 whatever the case may be \u2014 and you\u2019ve got this steady stream of water running down from the spigot and pooling next to your foundation. This is not only [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6153\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}