Installing Kitchen Water Shut Off Valve

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Installing kitchen water shut off valve.

Your first step is to shut off the water to the entire house at the meter. Usually this is a laundry tub outdoor spigot or kitchen faucet. Then cut copper pipe with an autocut tool. Look for two sets of valves that have oval shapes.

When cutting the supply line cut slowly and gently so. One for the hot water supply and the other for the cold. Cut the supply line with a pipe cutter leaving enough room between the escutcheon plate and the cut to allow installation of the valve fitting. Then disconnect the supply tube from the shutoff valve.

Includes planning equipment and material acquisition area preparation and protection. Use either a self tap saddle valve or a tee stop valve. Shut off the circuit breakers to an electric water heater. First step turn off the water to your house.

Cut fit and securely attach shut off valve to existing water supply line. Next use a wrench to loosen the water supply tube from the adapter. How to install a water shut off valve. Then open a faucet on the lowest level of your house and another faucet on an upper level to drain the pipes.

Learn how easy it is. Shut off the water at the main shutoff valve. If this happens to you you can simply replace the valve with a new valve that matches the old one. Then drain your home at the lowest point.

Ensure the valves inlets match the diameter of your pipes and have an outlet with a 1 4 inch outside. Turn off the next valve up the line which may be the main water supply valve. Place a bucket under the old valve. Describe and showing how really easy it is to change out a faulty shut off valve for sink toilet or anywhere you have a leak in one.

These inexpensive little valves rarely get used and when they do sometimes they leak. Verify leak free installation and operation. Tapping a sink without a valve. Open the faucet to drain the line.

Typically there are two shut off valves installed underneath the kitchen sink. Plan where you ll place the shut off valve. If your sink does not have a shut off valve you will have to tap the line through the sink s piping and install a valve for the refrigerator water line. Leah from see jane drill demonstrates how to remove an old water shut off valve for a toilet and install a new one compression type.

Some water might remain in the system so keep a small bucket handy. If you have a gas water heater turn the knob to the pilot position. Under sink shutoff valves also called fixture shutoffs or stop valves allow you to turn off the water to the sink or other fixture without having to use the home s main shutoff. Shut off water supply.

Drain the system by opening the sink and tub faucets on the lowest floor. Place valve in accessible location. To replace a shut off valve in the kitchen sink you need to locate the valves that turn the water supply on or off.