plumbing valve question

Yes that part of the valve comes apart. Try tightening that nut a bit first though, this might stop your drip. If not, then under that nut is an rubber o'ring which you can find at your local hardware shop. Close the valve, then Take the handle off by unscrewing the screw on the from of handle, then it comes right off. Then loosen the nut on valve, and you will find that o'ring. Very simple fix.

Dont concern yourself of it, its normal with brass, your valve should be fine.

Dean

That fitting can likely be tightened down SLIGHTLY, and that will control the "drip." There is packing under that bonnet. This is a common problem. As to the other fitting, it is a bleed cap, used to get air out of the system. You might want to replace the packing... small packages in the plumbing department. Either the graphite or teflon types work fine. Handy stuff to have around for just his sort of thing. It looks like little pieces of string. Just wrap it around the valve stem, and put the bonnet back on. It is easier if you remove the valve handle.

HOWEVER, that valve seems pretty corroded. I would give serious thought to putting in a new valve. They are cheap enough. Of course, pull the new valve apart before you solder, so as to avoid destroying the seals.

If you replace the valve, put in a ball valve in order to avoid this problem in the future.

the little cap in pic #2 is a drain back. After turning the valve off, you remove that cap and it allows the downstream side to be "drained back" to empty it.

That may be true, but I always thought that those things were for connecting up a pressure gauge.

Thanks , tightening the nut did the trick. It's good to know that I can replace parts of the valve before the actual valve itself, I'm sure that knowledge will come in handy someday.

Thanks. I tightened the nut and the drop stopped.

That's good to know, I will be replacing it at some point so I'm glad you mentioned that because I wouldn't of thought of that.

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Interesting, Thanks !!!