Frozen Kitchen Faucet

[Mr. Adventure]

Ok, I know you're supposed to leave the faucets open when you winterize, but somehow that didn't happen last Fall. As a result, the screw-in plug at the base of the kitchen faucet was broken out by freezing.

You'd think there was something with that thread that you could buy at Home Depot. I even thought about replacing the whole faucet, but it's a pain to get in there to work on it.

So I engineered my own solution to the problem with a wine cork. It turns out that we needed the one from the Yellowtail Shiraz bottle. Better vintages use real corks which can work for a while, but aren't very durable and continually require the purchase of additional bottles. Lesser vintages have corks that don't stand up so well to being threaded.

I recognize that this is still an imperfect situation. Anybody have a better suggestion?

Alcohol can solve a multitude of problems but I'm surprised a Shiraz was able to solve such a complex problem.

I joined the crowd of those who have froze their faucets. I called all around including the manufacturer of the faucet and found that that part is unique and not available by itself. So I drove to the Car Show in Colo. Springs and picked up a new faucet ($42). They keep them in stock for guys like me that didn't think of a cork!

[rickst29]

for a little variety, switch to their Chardonnay for your next trip.

That's a great workaround!