Stop in for a cup of coffee

Well, my plumbing job sucks as expected.... Both outside faucets are unrepairable. The newer one out back was just falling apart. I was lucky it didn't rupture and fill the wall with water. The older front one WAS rebuildable, but cant find the collar seal and the handle. It was starting to deteriorate on the shaft screw, so not worth going to extremes to find the parts. I just cut the front pipe inside and popped a SharkBite valve on it for now. Got a better replacement for the back and installed it. As expected it was a pain. lots of :mob::mad::wtf::BangHead: for a couple hours. Lol. Connecting new to old/ getting water out of the old run so it stops cooling the joint. always a challenge.
I'll have to move some stuff and get more part to do the front one another day...

In Norway it is common to have the faucet inside the basement, and it is made so that the pipe from it goes out through the concrete and it is a long rod that also comes out. So, when you open or shut it everything happens on the inside, but the connection is on the outside. It is made to prevent the thing to freeze in the wintertime. Must be something similar here too, at least in the chillier states in this lovely country.

Garden valve with key

Bill