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