securing water spigot in brick

Luke0927 · Aug 15, 2017

One of my water spigot heads finally sprung a leak from getting pulled on to much. (kids watering animals moving hose etc...)

I have a core drill hole in the brick and I had secured the spigot with the 2 screws and mortared the hole up and it held the 2 tapcons from the spigot, it has lasted 7 years.

Should I just re-mortar or is there a resin or epoxy that may work better?

CC Rider · Aug 15, 2017

Hilti HY-250 will hold it. I think there's a Whitecap near you. They may have something cheaper that comes out of a single tube. Maybe a Simpson or Redhead product. You could also try Fastenal if there's one near you.

Luke0927 · Aug 16, 2017

Thanks for the info! I was not familiar with Whitecap just looked them up and there is one over here, also a Fastenal too.

WayneB · Aug 16, 2017

careful with the epoxies if you ever need to change the body of the spigot.
You may want to consider epoxying the mounting holes only so they will accept a new fastener.

Jeff C. · Aug 16, 2017

Another precautionary measure you can use to prevent that in the future is to place another anchor about a foot from the spigot in the brick. Using that anchor and a small rope, strap, etc., I strain relief about 2' of slack coming off my hose from spigot to that anchor point. Your spigot itself is no longer having any strain from hose being pulled on.

Crakajak · Aug 16, 2017

See if you can brace the pipe from the inside to help secure it from moving in and out.

yellowfin · Aug 16, 2017

at my house it appears the previous owners used hydraulic cement probably something like dryloc fast plug, seems to be doing well.

Big7 · Aug 16, 2017

yellowfin said:
at my house it appears the previous owners used hydraulic cement probably something like dryloc fast plug, seems to be doing well.

AKA Pourox. Polyester with no sand or gravel.

Strongest thing you can get. No anchors or screws needed.

Oldstick · Aug 16, 2017

Crakajak said:
See if you can brace the pipe from the inside to help secure it from moving in and out.

Yep, had one going through a block foundation that got pulled and sprung a leak. The the through hole was fortunately small enough to put a radiator hose clamp on the inside to keep it from moving. I pulled the faucet back snug from underneath the house then tightened the clamp against the concrete.

lagrangedave · Aug 16, 2017

Dang bunch of good ideas...........

Crakajak · Aug 17, 2017

lagrangedave said:
Dang bunch of good ideas...........

I"m a card carrying member of the school of hard knocks.

Luke0927 · Aug 17, 2017

Thanks folks good ideas. What I would like to do is find me a quality metal hose reel and mount that on the wall that would then take the torque off the spigot. I was shocked at the price for quality metal hose reel!

It was in pretty good what actually failed was the 1/2" male adapter from the spigot glued to the pvc (glue slipped a little), luckily it was pushing the water back out. If it hadn't have done that could have ran for a long time before I caught it.

The flange on the spigot head is pretty small so when you screw it it your going back in the same hole you drilled for your pipe. A wider flange and you could actually tapcon it right in the brick. I should just look for a larger head but these have been good spigots never freeze so going to put it back on.

Crakajak · Aug 17, 2017

Get you a frost free thru the wall spigot.Don't have to worry about it freezing either.

sinclair1 · Aug 17, 2017

Crakajak said:
See if you can brace the pipe from the inside to help secure it from moving in and out.

This is what I did, just some chalk and a collar clamp on the inside. Most of the pressure is pulling, so the clamp is the trick.

Crakajak · Aug 18, 2017

sinclair1 said:
This is what I did, just some chalk and a collar clamp on the inside. Most of the pressure is pulling, so the clamp is the trick.

I braced the pipe right above the last 90 degree turn so it cant pull out. Like you just added caulk and issues ended.

Lukikus2 · Aug 19, 2017

Luke0927 said:
Thanks folks good ideas. What I would like to do is find me a quality metal hose reel and mount that on the wall that would then take the torque off the spigot. I was shocked at the price for quality metal hose reel!

It was in pretty good what actually failed was the 1/2" male adapter from the spigot glued to the pvc (glue slipped a little), luckily it was pushing the water back out. If it hadn't have done that could have ran for a long time before I caught it.

The flange on the spigot head is pretty small so when you screw it it your going back in the same hole you drilled for your pipe. A wider flange and you could actually tapcon it right in the brick. I should just look for a larger head but these have been good spigots never freeze so going to put it back on.

Look up "Quick bib". You will never have that problem again.

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