I don't know ofcourse what kind of pop up spray head you have but in general the top will srew off and then you can remove all the inside parts .. leaving the base in place ... most of the time this works if the bottom is not damaged. A hint : an old serrated knife or pruning saw can be used to cut grass away from the head .. making room so you can get one or two Channel lock wrenches in to loosen the top of the head. If the base is also damaged sometimes you can unscrew it from the nipple below .. without digging a hole ( but it's a tricky move ) ... add the base only and flush it out then add back the top and nozzle. Sometime though you just have to dig the darn thing up. Good Day ...

I ran into the same issue with trying to remove a security door and window. The screws had been in the house for >60 years and painted several times, so in addition to being rusted, they were especially sticky. I tried many things that didn't work and found one approach that worked really well. What worked: - use a dremel tool to cut a notch across rounded sides. The cut went all the way across the screw head to give the screwdriver more area of contact across both sides of the screw. Because these screws were hardened steel, i bought special diamond cutting wheels (made by Forney, not Dremel). I used the 3/4" diameter. They were cheap ($4). Wear some kind of safety glasses and consider wearing a mask. There were definitely sparks flying and fine metal shards floating in the air. This process of cutting a notch took about 2-3 minutes per screw. So quick! - Because they were so sticky, I couldn't start the screw with the screwdriver, so I used the locking vice grips on the stem of the screwdriver to add some leverage. I should note that I was using the largest screwdriver that our local hardware store stocked. It was long and had a wide tip. The wide tip is essential to make contact with both sides of the screw head. The length was helpful because this process of getting the screw started using the vice grips required two people - one person pushing the screwdriver into the screw head with all of their weight so it wouldn't slip, and a second person doing the slow turning using the vice grips. - Once the screw was turned 3-4 times, it could more easily be removed the rest of the way with the vice grips pinching the screw. - This whole process took ~ 5-10 minutes per screw. Far better than the other methods I tried. What did not work: - drilling a hole into the screw and using an extractor. i finally found a drill bit that would drill the hardened steel, but it was impossible to get the drill to stay in place in the center of the screw head. - grinding off the screw heads, pulling the door through the exposed screw stems, and then attaching the exposed screw tips to a drill (inserting them and then tightening down like it was a drill bit) to back them out. I used this technique for one of the screws but grinding off the screw head is not an easy task. It took forever, and I blew out two grinding wheels for a single screw, in part because the screws were flush against a metal frame, so in addition to the screw head, i was also grinding the frame itself. using the drill to back them out was easy and effective, someone could find an easier way to get the screw head off. I hope this saves someone else all the time that I spent trying to figure this out!

I've got two boxes with a broken mounting screw. I'm talking about the screw that mounts the electrical device to the box and is usually included with the device. In both cases, the head of the screw broke off and neither can really be gripped with a pliers. Is there a product or technique that can remove such a small screw? Thanks.

cindy_7 ,thank you for sharing that - who'd have thunk it? I've got a big one that could use cleaning. Thank you, Annie : ) I know you've surely made more bread than me, but I'm gonna catch up! LOL! Oh, Linda, I'm sorry, but I've a feeling it was good, right?! My bread above had rice flour on top, and I just mushed it all together, ha! Jasdip, as Linda said, egg wash. I use a whole egg for breads where I want a really browned crust. But mostly I'll whip 1 egg white with a Tablespoon of water, until thoroughly combined, and brush it on (with one of those bristle pastry brushes, though I've been known to use my fingers!), then sprinkle on sesame or poppy seeds, or both - then into the oven. The egg white acts like a kind of glue. Not a good glue, like epoxy, which would hold all the seeds when you store and cut the bread, but more like Elmer's glue, which would hold the seeds fairly well, but you'll still loose some. The water is to make it light enough to brush on. Also, the egg white will give you a shine on your crust. Mixed with water, not as much though. Want more shine, don't add the Tbs of water. Wait, did I just use epoxy and Elmer's glue when talking about bread? Oh my. I'm so ready to stop remodeling.