Usually the water main will be in a basement or garage.
Installing kitchen water shut off valve.
Deburr the pipe with a deburring tool.
Next use a wrench to loosen the water supply tube from the adapter.
Then open a faucet on the lowest level of your house and another faucet on an upper level to drain the pipes.
Typically there are two shut off valves installed underneath the kitchen sink.
The shut off valves are easy to spot.
Then cut copper pipe with an autocut tool.
Then disconnect the supply tube from the shutoff valve.
One for the hot water supply and the other for the cold.
Turn off the next valve up the line which may be the main water supply valve.
Place valve in accessible location.
Open the faucet to drain the line.
Shut off water supply.
Shut off the water at the main shutoff valve.
Drain the system by opening the sink and tub faucets on the lowest floor.
Some water might remain in the system so keep a small bucket handy.
These inexpensive little valves rarely get used and when they do sometimes they leak.
How to install a water shut off valve.
Your first step is to shut off the water to the entire house at the meter.
If you have a gas water heater turn the knob to the pilot position.
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.
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Shut off the circuit breakers to an electric water heater.
Usually this is a laundry tub outdoor spigot or kitchen faucet.
When cutting the supply line cut slowly and gently so.
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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.
Plan where you ll place the shut off valve.
Place a bucket under the old valve.
Ensure the valves inlets match the diameter of your pipes and have an outlet with a 1 4 inch outside.
To replace a shut off valve in the kitchen sink you need to locate the valves that turn the water supply on or off.
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.
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Use either a self tap saddle valve or a tee stop valve.
Verify leak free installation and operation.
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.
Cut fit and securely attach shut off valve to existing water supply line.
Then drain your home at the lowest point.
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.
Tapping a sink without a valve.
