damaged hose spigot plumbing re-design

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roverson

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I have two hose bibs in my back yard that are supplied by 1/2" line from the attic that runs down the wall of the exterior of the house. I had a pretty bad leak in the hose bib and I tried to get it off using two vice grips and not damage the pipe but I damaged an old soldering connection in the tee between the bibs that is now leaking. Now I'm thinking I should just replace the whole split with the two old bibs on it. I wanted to get some advice on whether there is a better way to set up this plumbing, or if I should just tear it apart and rebuild and re-solder as it is. As it stands it is kind of a pain because when you want to solder anything the copper line is right up against the house. What would you do in this situation?

hose bib manifold
where 1/2" copper piping enters attic
 
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Just undo the straps holding it to the wall. the pipe will flex a little.
put a small block or a screw driver handle behind the pipe to hold it out.

prefab the tee with the 2 threaded adapters for the hose bibs.
Then solder the tee to the vertical.
Maybe something you should hire it out.

Probably take a pro less than an hour to fix it.
 
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