Freeze resistant wall hydrant

A method for resizing a length of a freeze resistant wall hydrant for use with an external wall of a building and a water supply and including an outlet tube made from a cross-linked polyethylene (PEX) for extending through the external wall and having a length and an outer end and an opposite inner end, an outdoor housing joined to the outer end of the outlet tube for securing to the building outside the external wall, a fitting joined to the inner end of the outlet tube with an expansion connection for coupling to the water supply, the fitting including a fluid closure valve having a valve part movable between a first position for closing the valve and a second position for opening the valve, the outdoor housing including handle, a stem made from PEX extending through the outlet tube and having an outer end coupled to the handle and an inner end coupled to the valve part with an expansion connection, the handle movable between a first position for moving the valve part to its first position to close the valve and a second position for moving the valve part to its second position to open the valve, the method comprising the steps of cutting through both the outlet tube and the stem in a single slice to form a cut end of the outlet tube and a cut end of the stem, joining the cut end of the stem to a valve part of an additional fitting with an expansion connection and joining the cut end of the outlet tube to the additional fitting with an expansion connection to provide the wall hydrant with a resized length whereby the wall hydrant can be manufactured in a single length for use in walls of varying thicknesses.