Many thanks for this information. My hydrant may be of a different brand, as it is painted black, but otherwise it's similar to the one in the video. It was leaking at the underground drain valve. I followed the instructions and fixed the leak on the first attempt.
40-50 is not cold at all, my yard hydrants are 6ft deep for the actual cold winters and wind that will make your face hurt. -30 or -45 with the windchill factor
Steel shrinks as temps fall. So does the valve rod. Adjust it so that there's a little more tension in to the off position. Otherwise as the rod shrinks, the valve opens slightly.
Loosen set screw and raise handle up slightly. It is sealing at the bottom when you turn unit off and put your finger over end of threads. You should fill a small suction. You can also listen with your ear.
Unfortunately this video glosses over that situation. Adjust the rod to provide a little more pressure on the valve in the off position. If it still leaks then your valve is shot, and you need to dig it up and replace.
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Many thanks for this information. My hydrant may be of a different brand, as it is painted black, but otherwise it's similar to the one in the video. It was leaking at the underground drain valve. I followed the instructions and fixed the leak on the first attempt.
Great video! My hydrant looked exactly like the one demonstrated and good camera angles made fix a snap.
Thank you for this video. Took me 4 minutes to fix that pesky leak.
I did this tighten that bottom nut whatever you call it and it worked thank you
Very helpful. Glad I purchased from a brand that not only makes long-life reliable products but also fully supports them. Nice job guys!
What about the drain valve?
Great demonstration
Great instructions
I've still have water spritzing out the top, despite changing both O Ring washers in the head. Any ideas to why?
water is coming out of the brass part where the rod goes in... thoughts???
Mine leaks in off position only during really cold weather when temp is 40- 50ish & above no issue
40-50 is not cold at all, my yard hydrants are 6ft deep for the actual cold winters and wind that will make your face hurt. -30 or -45 with the windchill factor
Steel shrinks as temps fall. So does the valve rod. Adjust it so that there's a little more tension in to the off position. Otherwise as the rod shrinks, the valve opens slightly.
@@SteichenFamilyBut how much tension when turning off? Resistance and tension in the last inch or so of the handle position?
What if it's leaking from down below under the ground
Loosen set screw and raise handle up slightly. It is sealing at the bottom when you turn unit off and put your finger over end of threads. You should fill a small suction. You can also listen with your ear.
How can the standpipe be tightened?
Pipe wrench
followed instructions. Still leaking underground.
Did you figure out what was wrong?
Unfortunately this video glosses over that situation. Adjust the rod to provide a little more pressure on the valve in the off position. If it still leaks then your valve is shot, and you need to dig it up and replace.
Didn't dig up. Just unscrewed and pulled rod with
Plunger up and replaced rod
Bought this brand hydrant and have had nothing but trouble since day one. Complete trash product.
@Dane Welkersen Iowa hydrant. If you have to do all the work to replace one ONLY replace with one of them
I'll second that. Nothing but trouble.
Stophate2023 is hating on the yard hydrant... typical.
crappy video... a lot of hydrants dont have that adjustment shown in this video.
So many ads, can't get to the video without 2 minutes if advertisement