I have a broken frost free sillcock (left the hose attached during a freeze... yes, another lesson the hard way...). I need to replace it but I'm not sure how. This is a newer house (built in 2012). I'm pretty sure it's 1/2 in PEX to the back of the sillcock but in looking at the construction of other houses going up by the same builder, I can see that there is no real access to the PEX to sillcock connection on the inside. On the outside, the faucet is mortared into the brick. It looks like I'd have to remove some bricks to replace it. I can't see any way to access the actual PEX to sillcock connection at all. I'm wondering if the PEX is likely crimped on an adapter that's then threaded on the sillcock such that I could perhaps just unscrew the sillcock from the outside and screw a new one in without having to tear out any brick. Is that possible (or likely) for a 2012 built home? I've attached pictures of a sillcock (pre-brick and sheetrock) installed by this builder on another house. In my case it's all bricked and sheetrocked.
Any advice? I'm not sure where to start or even which end of the sillcock to attempt this replacement.
Thank you in advance for any assistance.
Any advice? I'm not sure where to start or even which end of the sillcock to attempt this replacement.
Thank you in advance for any assistance.