When Mom insisted in paying a plumber an amount that she refuses to disclose to replace the back faucet he installed a mess of 90° bends. I am unsure what it does, but it seemed to replace a larger-diameter PVC pipe.
Mom needs to replace her back faucet about every other year. I saw a Popular Mechanics article about winterizing your house and it said to use compressed air to vacate your outdoor faucets and then turn off the water inside. Do places that get seriously cold have inside faucets going to the outside ones? I just saw knobs for the hot and cold water to the kitchen sink, with the backyard faucet being just on the other side. The front faucet comes out of the ground, but it is on the outside corner of my bedroom. I wouldn't know where any faucet for that would be.
Could I put something like this on the faucets, force the water out, and then turn off the faucets? Would that save them?
https://www.amazon.com/Winterize-Spr.../dp/B0055Q6CRO
I forgot the quote of the day!
"Pro tip: Wear gloves when submersing ones hands in a toilet bowl."
Matthias Wandel showed how to use a wooden block with holes and a clamp instead of that adapter that I just linked. Apparently he went throughout the house and forced the water back into the pipes, including the toilet--after he disabled the sinks.