Leaking outdoor tap. Advice please..

[Conor017]

Hi everyone

Thanks for taking the time to look at this thread. I have an outdoor tap that leaks from below the tap spout. In the attached picture it's leaking just above the filler foam, you can actually see a drop developing....

How does I fix this? Where the leak is there is also a nut but I'm not what this nut is for, assumption would be to tighten it but not sure if that could make an issue worse..?

Thanks in advance

 

[jeff the gasman]

Looks like the frost has had it. Turn the water off and remove the small screw where the drip is forming. Put a few wraps of PTFE tape under the screw head,replace and tighten.

 

[Newboy]

Where the leak is there is also a nut but I'm not what this nut is for

The nut is the test port for the internal check-valve - as Jeff said, probably frost damaged.

 

[Madrab]

Doubt you have a separate double check valve, so to at least to restore the current double check function till the next frost then replace the tap, around a fiverish at toolstation.