" Cold winters with single digit freezing weather will cause outdoor faucets to freeze. If the faucet you want to use is subject to freezing. Here's what you can do to keep it working through the winter you can cover the outside faucet. Within and outside faucet cover. Most of these faucet covers are made with close cell foam insulation. To help prevent freeze. To install the -- slide the inner loop around your faucet handle. Press the cover into place. And then pull on the loop to seal the cover against the wall. This is a quick solution but a more permanent approach is to install a freeze proof faucet in a freeze proof faucet. The valve assembly is inside the house. Keeping it warm and protecting it from freezing. To install a freeze proof faucet. Turn off the water supply to the faucet. Open the outdoor faucet and -- victory. Loose in nearby support brackets and try to pull the pipe as far away from nearby surfaces as you can. Using a pipe cutter. Cut the copper pipe leading to the outside faucet at a convenient location close to the outside wall of the house. Circular pipe cutters like this one. Allow you to cleanly cut the -- even when it's running close to a Joyce or wall. Next go outside and unscrew the fasteners holding the faucet to the side of the house. With the screws removed. Pull out the old faucet and pipe. The new freeze -- requires a one inch hole. Using a twist drill bit drill out the five eighths inch hole to one inch -- Slide in the new freeze proof faucet. And temporarily security in place with a screw. Next we'll dry fitted all the new plumbing parts and cut them to fit. First fit a threaded Cutler to the end of a new section a half inch copper pipe. Screw the threaded Cutler onto the end of the freeze proof faucet. And then draw a mark 18 of an inch back from where the two pipes overlap the 18 of an age is to allow for space inside the Cutler. Place the new copper pipe in place. And snap the pipe cutter over the mark during the cutter in a clockwise motion. Until the pipe cutter cuts through the pipe. Using Emery paper sand the ends of the newly cut pipe until the ends are bright and shiny. This carefully as the solder will only adhere to freshly exposed Chinese copper now sand the end of the existing pipe. Until the sides and end are completely free of oxide. Dry fit the new assembly of pipe and couple things to the freeze pipe faucet. And slide the coupling on the other end to the assembly onto the existing pipe. There should be a good tight fit. Make sure that the faucet is screwed tightly against the outside wall. Once you're sure that everything fits it's time to -- the parts together. Placing the new pipe back in the workbench vice. And using a flux brush apply a coating of flux to the end of the pipe. Also apply a liberal coating of flux to the inside of both ends of a couple of flux is also known by the name soldering paste. Now using a torch heat the into the coupling where it overlaps the pipe. When the flux starts to melt rub the solder against the edge of the joint. As soon as -- solder starts to melt remove the solder and the torch. -- not continue to heat the joint. Moving to the other end of the new -- Apply flux to the end of the newly sanded pipe as well as to the inside of the threaded couple. The end well coated slide the Cutler into place on the pipe. Heat this sleeve of the threaded up until the solder starts to flow. And is drawn into the joint. While the pipe assembly cools. Wrap two layers of plumbers tape around the threads on the end of the freeze proof faucet. This tape seals the space between the threats assuring a trip proof connection. Screw the freeze proof faucet onto the end of the pipe assembly. And gently tighten with a -- Now slide the new pipe assembly in through the outer wall and fasten the freeze proof faucet in place with screws. Remember to open the new valve before you start to -- Back inside the basement apply flux to the end of the existing pipe. And to the inside of the coupling. Slide the pipe into the coupling. Next we'll prepare the area for soldering safely. Covered the new connection with plastic to keep it dry. And then saturate the adjoining wood with water. The choice are often very draw. And the flame from the torch. Could start fire. Next insert a fireproof cloth behind the area you will be soldering you can purchase these fireproof -- at plumbing supply houses. These two steps are good precautions. When soldering near flammable surfaces. Using a torch guide the blue tip of the flame along the coupling in pipe. Raising the temperature high enough to melt the solder and the pipe reaches solder melting temperature the solder will be drawn into the joint by the flocks filling the connection. Allow the joints to cool for five minutes and then slowly turn on the -- off well. Your new freeze proof faucet is ready for years of trouble free cold weather service."