Installing Kitchen Water Shut Off Valve

Turn off the next valve up the line which may be the main water supply valve.

Installing kitchen water shut off valve.

The shut off valves are easy to spot. To replace a shut off valve in the kitchen sink you need to locate the valves that turn the water supply on or off. Shut off water supply. Look for two sets of valves that have oval shapes.

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. Next use a wrench to loosen the water supply tube from the adapter. Then drain your home at the lowest point.

Deburr the pipe with a deburring tool. 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. Use either a self tap saddle valve or a tee stop valve. Typically there are two shut off valves installed underneath the kitchen sink.

Demolition and wall floor ceiling surface restoration is extra if needed. 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. When cutting the supply line cut slowly and gently so. First step turn off the water to your house.

Shut off the water at the main shutoff valve. Includes planning equipment and material acquisition area preparation and protection. Usually the water main will be in a basement or garage. 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. Cut fit and securely attach shut off valve to existing water supply line. Learn how easy it is. If this happens to you you can simply replace the valve with a new valve that matches the old one.

Then disconnect the supply tube from the shutoff valve. 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 this is a laundry tub outdoor spigot or kitchen faucet. Verify leak free installation and operation.

One for the hot water supply and the other for the cold. If you have a gas water heater turn the knob to the pilot position. Place valve in accessible location. 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.

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. Shut off the circuit breakers to an electric water heater. Place a bucket under the old valve. Tapping a sink without a valve.

Open the faucet to drain the line. How to install a water shut off valve. Then cut copper pipe with an autocut tool.