I have an outdoor faucet that is dripping pretty heavily. Will fill up a 2 gallon bucket several times a day. I’ve tried tightening the nut, but didn’t help. How do I get to the washer? I’ve found articles suggesting to replace washer, but my faucet doesn’t look like the ones in those post.

the only way to tell you how to do it without our guessing is for you to (please) post a picture.

Turn the water off at the meter or where it comes into the structure. Be sure to hold a back up on the hose bib body before you Loosen the Silver nut below the brass nut to replace the rubber washer.



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Do I need to loosen or remove brass nut and/or handle? Can I go straight into the silver nut?
What do you suggest I use to remove silver nut? I had tried that but didn’t seem it wanted to loosen and couldn’t get anything to grip it well.

if you remove the handle and loosen or remove the packing nut, you can get a better grip on the hex shape that is holding the stem in place.
as suggested, turn off the water and use a second wrench as a 'hold-back'.
after, drill the brick and install a couple of screws to stabilize the faucet.

I want to clarify “hold back”. Just to keep it from turning while I loosen them hex?

yes - to keep the 'body' from turning while you unscrew the 'bonnet'.


open the valve partially with the handle then remove the handle and the packing nut


i use a 6" pipe wrench and a 'cheater' to get a good grip/bite on the bonnet

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Excuse my ignorance of terminology, but what’s a “cheater”?
I’m having a hard time finding something to grab hold of the bonnet.

a 'cheater' is just something you attach to the end of the wrench to give you more leverage.
a short piece of pipe slipped over the end of a wrench makes the wrench longer which gives you more leverage.

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So, I’ve not had any luck getting the nut off to replace the washer. Just can’t get anything that’ll grip the nut to loosen it. Everything just slips off.