![]() ![]() These are two dissimilar metals that will physically fuse when water is introduced and flows through the point of connection. Most low-cost hoses have aluminum fittings. Why hose connections fuse is based on the metal fitting connectors and water. With a few twists, the hose is off the spigot, but after all that, the fitting is damaged beyond repair. The tongue and groove pliers create the perfect bite, and allow me to twist carefully, but with more force than the pliers. Suddenly, my son bursts from the house holding those beautiful blue-handled Channellock pliers! The hose is saved. Then give it a couple of firm taps with the pliers. I hit the connection with penetrating oil. Plus, with the airtight seal at the spigot, there will still be water trapped in there. ![]() Maybe I won’t use my ten-pound pipe wrench.Īt this point, you may be thinking, “Just take the spray nozzle off the other end and drain out the hose.” That’s a great suggestion, the only thing is my nozzle has been fused to this hose for years. After watching some videos of what NOT to do, I am now terrified I will snap off the spigot with too much force. The pliers slip and tear apart the soft aluminum hose connector. The biggest set of pliers I own still isn’t quite big enough to grip the hose connected to the spigot. It’s time to take it up a notch – tools! Pliers to be exact because I can’t find my large Channellock. The cold turns painful as my hands turn redder by the second. My fingers are nearly numb, as my body, now acclimated to the warmth of summer, struggles to switch into winter mode! Grasping the icy metal hose connection threaded onto the spigot, I twist only to find it will not budge. The sky is a cold cloudy dark swirl, with winds whipping through the landscape that will clear the overcast sky at night letting all that heat escape into the atmosphere, thereby dropping temperatures below freezing. Or worse! Freezing water could creep back into the house and burst a pipe indoors. A wise gardener once warned leaving a hose connected to a spigot during a hard freeze could lead to disaster! As water freezes it expands and any water trapped in the nozzle or spigot could expand to the point it bursts the solid metal or plastic construction of our treasured watering devices. It is late fall and there is a hard freeze about to hit.
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