re: Question about spigot and freezing

So it's my understanding that as long as you are using water faucets inside the house to relieve the pressure, there's no reason to drip or cover your faucets outside of the house? The freezing of the outside faucet rarely causes an issue, its the pressure build up lower in the pipe that is released by using the faucets inside your house correct?

Yes. Cover them.

We’ve used typical pipe insulation. Also to cover the end use Old beer koozies and a zip tie. Neoprene koozie zip tie at wall and tape holes at the bottom of koozie (that may be overkill).

Not sure about slow dripping an outdoor faucet/hose. May wake up to an ice sculpture that runs up to the spout and bursts it.

Beer koozies look OT trashy but the shite works.

I put a thick koozie on both spigots
My one in the front of my house has exposed pipe, so I padded it with styrofoam and wrapped towels around it

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I think anything that is not shut off and bled should be covered if exposed. Our house is older so that cold can seep into the wall. Even running the faucets in house leaves all hoses charged with water. It would take a hell of a lot to crack that spigot but it’s possible. As well as pipe leading into house. Or possible the hose bib. May end up in the summer with that hose spout that pours water everywhere but down the hose.