Readying your hose bibs for winter

It’s important to ready your house for winter. One of the simplest tasks a homeowner can do to avoid pipe bursting is shut off their hose bibs.

just follow these steps:

1. CLOSE Valve Inside
2. REMOVE Garden Hose
3. OPEN Hose Bibb (Leave Open)

DRAIN Vacuum Breaker (location and operation vary with Mfgr.)

• does the spigot have a little cap behind the valve, on top of the pipe?
  • if yes, no need to drain!
  • if no, keep reading!
• does the spigot have a threaded on valve?
  • if yes, does it have a black ring around it like this?
  •   pull down GENTLY on the black ring to drain
  • if it doesn’t have a black ring, just push on the little plastic post inside

see the video below for help!

and finally, OPEN the bleed orifice at the inside valve (back inside your house – if you do this early, you’ll make a puddle in your house, so make sure to save this step for last!)

don’t forget to reverse the process in the springtime!