Just want to learn more about helping a neighbor put a new hummingbird/duck faucet on

[ultred ragnusen]

I just want to learn more about helping a neighbor put a new faucet to replace a broken leaky set of faucets.

She bought the two faucet, one of which appears to be a duck, the other a hummingbird, because she says that there was no shutoff valve on the original leaking faucet (which appears to me to be broken off somehow).

When I removed the old leaky faucet, I saw what appears to be "copper" threads, but I would have expected steel or brass, not copper - which is why I had bought a set of brass hose adapters.

The odd thing was that shutting off the cold water didn't turn off the water supply (I don't get it but it's OK that I got a bit wet). But worse, the brass adapter I bought was a male to female, where the duck and hummingbird she bought were both males and the pipe out of the wall is male.

My main question, since I hope to fix it for her tomorrow, is just whether you'd buy a female-to-female brass or copper fitting?

[dadiOH]

I'd jst screw the new hose bib onto the copper pipe that is projecting from the wall. No adapter needed assuming she bought the right size hose bibs.

[ultred ragnusen]

It's 3/4 inch male on the hose bib and 1/2 male on the pipe coming out of the wall, as shown in the photos.

The brass coupler 1/2 inch female to 3/4 inch female is $18 at Home Depot while the galvanized coupler is $3.

[dadiOH]

No, the hose bib is female but has a teflon wrapped female>male bushing in it. The wall stub looks like 3/4" and - from the photos - it looks like the bib would screw directly to it once the bushing is removed.

[ultred ragnusen]

I just realized, from what you wrote, that it must be true that the part sticking out of the wall (which you call the hose bib I think), is really a female with a copper coupler.

That would explain why all the pipes are galvanized except this copper nub sticking out.

So if I remove the copper nub (which I think must be 3/4" male to 1/2" male), then I should be left with a galvanized 3/4 inch female hose bib, right?

Then I can screw the brass faucet 3/4" male to that galvanized 3/4" female "hose bib", right?

[dadiOH]

Wrong.

A hose bib is a faucet. A faucet with a shut off valve.

I seriously doubt that the pipe stub sticking out of the wall is a "copper coupler". What would be the point? It is most likely a brass nipple long enough to reach the supply line in the wall. No idea why there is a nut on it.

[ultred ragnusen]

I'm officially confused, so I thank you for the correction and I will post back when I solve the dilemma.