A burst spigot can lead to water flowing against ... a quick DIY method involving rags or t-shirts, plastic bags, and tape. Wrap the faucet with several layers of rags or t-shirts, making it ...

Every time I used my garden hose, it would leak at the faucet. It was an old, temperamental Victorian spigot and I simply couldn't be bothered to fix the problem. I must have wasted a lot of water ...