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  • This has worked for me in the past

    • Buy new tap
    • Turn off the water before the old tap (either isolate all mains to the house or any stop cock before)
    • Take off old tap with a huge mole wrench
    • Cut your hand open / swear / etc
    • Put some waterproofy stuff on the new tap (new rubber disc seal it came with, ptfe or apparently hemp on the thread) - Screw it on tightly
    • Swear because whatever you do it is upside down
    • Add way more ptfe like 8-10 wraps more and try it again, now you can get it the right way up
    • Nip tight with adjustable spanner
    • Turn on stop cock/ mains
    • Check for leaks
    • if leaks, put more ptfe in places that seem sensible
    • repeat
    • Use tap

    If the frost damage is further upstream, replace more bits

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