Installing Kitchen Water Shut Off Valve

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Installing kitchen water shut off valve.

Shut off water supply. First step turn off the water to your house. 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. 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.

Verify leak free installation and operation. Deburr the pipe with a deburring tool. Look for two sets of valves that have oval shapes. Plan where you ll place the shut off valve.

Place a bucket under the old valve. Demolition and wall floor ceiling surface restoration is extra if needed. The shut off valves are easy to spot. Then disconnect the supply tube from the shutoff valve.

Typically there are two shut off valves installed underneath the kitchen sink. One for the hot water supply and the other for the cold. Usually this is a laundry tub outdoor spigot or kitchen faucet. Your first step is to shut off the water to the entire house at the meter.

Shut off the water at the main shutoff valve. Usually the water main will be in a basement or garage. 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. Turn off the next valve up the line which may be the main water supply 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. Place valve in accessible location. Ensure the valves inlets match the diameter of your pipes and have an outlet with a 1 4 inch outside. Learn how easy it is.

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. Open the faucet to drain the line. If this happens to you you can simply replace the valve with a new valve that matches the old one. Drain the system by opening the sink and tub faucets on the lowest floor.

If you have a gas water heater turn the knob to the pilot position. Next use a wrench to loosen the water supply tube from the adapter. Tapping a sink without a valve. Then open a faucet on the lowest level of your house and another faucet on an upper level to drain the pipes.

Then drain your home at the lowest point. Shut off the circuit breakers to an electric water heater. To replace a shut off valve in the kitchen sink you need to locate the valves that turn the water supply on or off. Cut fit and securely attach shut off valve to existing water supply line.

How to install a water shut off valve. Then cut copper pipe with an autocut tool. When cutting the supply line cut slowly and gently so.