Add Shut Off Valve To Sink

Here is a video showing you how to handle a situation in which the water shut off valve or angle stop does not want to close or shut off.

Add shut off valve to sink.

Drain the system by opening the sink and tub faucets on the lowest floor. First step turn off the water to your house. The angle stop valve is used where the water pipe enters the room to allow for easy shut off of water flow to the end fixture allowing for maintenance and repair without having to turn water off to the entire home. If you re replacing a shut off valve that needs soldering to rigid copper begin by removing the old valve as above.

Open the old valve all the way and tighten the packing nut. How to install a water shut off valve. Then cut copper pipe with an autocut tool. Some water might remain in the system so keep a small bucket handy.

Apply a thin layer of solder flux or soldering paste to the inside of the valve s fitting seat and the outside of the pipe. The sharkbite push fit end allows you to simply push on to copper cpvc or pex with no solder clamps unions or glue. Usually the water main will be in a basement or garage. 3 hold the knob.

Place the valve fitting onto the pipe to ensure a tight fit. Then drain your home at the lowest point. Twist it to evenly distribute the flux. Grasp the bonnet nut located directly under or next to the knob of the shutoff valve with an adjustable wrench.

This tip if followe. These inexpensive little valves rarely get used and when they do sometimes they leak. Grasp the knob of the shutoff valve with another adjustable wrench. Your first step is to shut off the water to the entire house at the meter.

Water will leak out so place a bowl under it. If this happens to you you can simply replace the valve with a new valve that matches the old one. Install blocking behind the sink and run 1 2 inch pex tubing around the blocking and extend it out from the wall about an inch. Usually this is a laundry tub outdoor spigot or kitchen faucet.

Next use a wrench to loosen the water supply tube from the adapter. Hold the tubing to the block with a drop ear bend support which is a. Quickly swap in the new repair valve in the open position on top of the old 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.