Vacuum Breakers: What, why, and how

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Күн бұрын

If you're selling a house in Minneapolis, get some vacuum breakers. When you have a place for a garden hose to connect to the municipal water supply, you need some type of backflow prevention, and that's what these devices are for. This is one of the required repair items for the Minneapolis Truth-in-Housing evaluation, which is a required inspection for anyone listing a home for sale in Minneapolis.

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@paulrhoades7393 Жыл бұрын

Great help...made it very clear on how this works!

@eliumolina4240 29 күн бұрын

…And love your neighbor as your self the two biggest commandments, Shalom

@ObsessionoftheMonth 10 күн бұрын

In my city, the city came through the neighborhood and installed them on all the houses within a couple of months, they were all removed. it wasn't mentioned in our home inspection even though they were not installed.

@Rustytales Ай бұрын

Thank you for the information. The faucets in my house have built-in vacuum breakers. They began to leak from under the cap. I've already replaced them three times and they still start leaking again every few days. What could be the reason? Perhaps the entire faucet needs to be replaced?

@dean3583 10 ай бұрын

It’s a common practice In Canada that you pay for a home inspector when you buy a house. If everything is ok you buy it. Trust my own inspector, not the seller’s inspector. It’s only few hundred bucks.

@TF856 11 ай бұрын

I do not see a link to the other video removing that lock screw. I looked at the list of other videos but could not find it. Where is it? Using a Dremel with a thin blade might work to.

@renram24 Жыл бұрын

Do vacuum breakers affect power washers when ya connect it to the hose ?

@billbaillie3702 Жыл бұрын

I need 2 vacuum breakers that are a bit larger than usual. Male thread diameter on the faucet is 1 3/16" OD. (1.1875) Any ideas on a source for that? Thanks much.

@chrisquattrocchi2271 5 ай бұрын

Hoping someone can answer this. I'm a home inspector and I never pass up the opportunity to learn something new. I have always avoided hose bibs with vacuum breakers when I wanted to test the home's water pressure because it seemed to me that it would give a falsely high water pressure reading. I wasn't sure so I just test elsewhere. But now I'm at the point where I really would like the answer to that if someone could tell me. Does a vacuum breaker affect the water pressure reading if you attach the water pressure meter to a hose bib that has one?

@LamNguyen-gt9mh 2 ай бұрын

How many size of backflow preventer . I bought one from Home Depot but it wasn’t fit thanks

@darrylt5300 4 ай бұрын

Ge what did we do in the 50s and 60s and 70s washout a VB

@xplore7359 Ай бұрын

I really do not understand the need for this? What kind of world are we moving too lol

@tjomasleal554 4 ай бұрын

I installed a vacuum breaker to replace the ones that came with the house due to leaking and the new one makes the pipes hum and it's extremely loud in the house. No idea why but I'm just going to remove them for now

@brandonjones4666 6 ай бұрын

Probably required because people have hooked up their hoses to some ant killer canister, left pressure in the hose, and then it back flowed into their home when their well pressure fell below the hose pressure.

@yebron69 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the informational video. Now I know I got ripped off. Paid a plumber to install one at $300. My city (Pasadena, CA ) inspector made my restaurant install one of those vacuum breakers on my sink chemical dispenser.

@SerenoOunce Жыл бұрын

You didn't not get ripped off. He was going over a home exterior faucet. Requirements, regulations, and the equipment to comply with them are vastly different for public and private homeowner use.

@comancheclub3449 Жыл бұрын

You didn't get ripped off, you paid a plumber to do a job. You agreed to his price and he did the job. The only person you have to be mad at is yourself for not doing your do diligence and looking into the project. Contractors are in business to make money, not give you a deal. Also, you're paying a seasoned experienced plumber who is probably capable of far more difficult and complex jobs. Just because the job is simple doesn't mean his experience and knowledge and time is any less valuable. Whether a doctor is applying a bandaid to a paper cut or performing surgery, he is still going to bill you according to his hourly rate. You aren't paying for the bandaid, you're paying for his 20 years of education and experience.

@TF856 11 ай бұрын

@@SerenoOunce "didn't not" = did not not 😁

@StreetFighterChamp 11 ай бұрын

Screw that, if they want me to use it, they need to provide me one for free.

@ChrisJohnson-ww4vs 4 ай бұрын

Are you unable to afford a $10 part? Get off your ass and get a job kiddo. “I deserve free stuff because I’m an entitled POS”

@daviddavies3523 Жыл бұрын

Back flow prevention is NOT the same as back siphonage. These do not protect against back pressure.

@breaktime919 Жыл бұрын

Deut 6! Sup brother keep fighting. Encouragement from WA.

@Gr8Layks 8 ай бұрын

I think you mean Deuteronomy sux, not Deuteronomy six!

@judahbrutus Жыл бұрын

I'm a home inspector but I hate that inspections are required in some areas. People should be able to make a choice if they want to pay for that. It theoretically makes me money but I think it's wrong in a free country. They are requiring sellers in PA to get sewer lateral inspections, chimney inspections, as well as U&O inspections prior to sale. Thats just nuts to me. Too much government involved in private transactions. Ok, I'm done with my rant. Thanks for the videos Reuben!

@Rob-py8pl Жыл бұрын

They're probably just doing it for the revenue.

@PatKuntz Жыл бұрын

I completely agree if it's a private sale with cash. But when a bank and a mortgage is involved you can't really blame the bank for wanting to know that the collateral is in good condition and up to code.

@billyrussell8684 10 ай бұрын

I used to do crawl space moister inspections and wood destroying organisms. In my area If the bank was loaning it then they required it not the law. Cash buyers can do whatever. Is it really forced in areas by the government? (Even tho the banks and government are pretty much the same)

@uraniajimenez4813 6 ай бұрын

Hello I want to make my hair studio in my florida room my qiestion is I need this for my shampoo chair in florida state??

@peckc16 Ай бұрын

Hard disagree in this current market- because it's so hot, people wave inspections and if you want an offer accepted, you don't have a choice- you have to forfeit it as well. So it can go in the other direction as well.

@Gr8Layks 8 ай бұрын

That Deuteronomy passage is one of the most evil and Orwellian things I’ve read in the KJV. Yeah…you’re “sheep” alright!

@PatKuntz Жыл бұрын

Ok so I understand what it does but why would I need one? If by some strange chance contaminated water came back up my hose into the spigot wouldn't it just sit in that pipe until the next time I use the hose? It's not like it's going to circulate through out the whole house. I'm confused. Maybe I'm missing something but these things seem like something you would never need. They were on the exterior hose spigots when I bought my house but I have since removed them because I didn't know what they were. Now I know what they are but I really don't see a need for them. Can anyone with some knowledge on these things please let me know why I would need them?

@PatKuntz 11 ай бұрын

No knowledge of vacuum breakers on KZfaq?

@milltonfreedman8674 10 ай бұрын

Near as I can tell it’s another needless, useless, wasteful regulation.

@nicholaspayne349 7 ай бұрын

I removed mine and put adapters in place because my bibs had a fine thread for the breakers and I needed the 3/4 coarse thread for hose fittings. Haven’t leaked since

@PatKuntz 7 ай бұрын

Its been 3 months and i still don't understand why anyone would need these.