Adding Shut Off Valves To Kitchen Sink

These inexpensive little valves rarely get used and when they do sometimes they leak.

Adding shut off valves to kitchen sink.

Take the old valve with you to the home depot to make sure the replacement matches. It s standard procedure to install shutoff valves on the water supply lines for a sink because they provide an easy way to turn off the water when you need to repair or change the faucet. Next use a wrench to loosen the water supply tube from the adapter. Then drain your home at the lowest point.

Compression fitting shut off valves attach to rigid copper pipe and are popular options. Drain the system by opening the sink and tub faucets on the lowest floor. First step turn off the water to your house. A ball type valve requires only 1 4 turn.

Then cut copper pipe with an autocut tool. Plan where you ll place the shut off valve. Houses built before roughly 1980 were not required to have shut offs on every sink supply line so you may not have any at all. Usually the water main will be in a basement or garage.

If you re remodeling your kitchen or adding a bathroom here s some advice you ll thank us for later. Your first step is to shut off the water to the entire house at the meter. Determine the shut off valve heights. Slide the nut as far back on the pipe as possible to give yourself room to work.

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. If your sink doesn t have shut off valves install them now while you re working on the system. Measure from the floor of the sink base cabinet to the center of the valve. Shutoff valves go unused for years.

Some water might remain in the system so keep a small bucket handy. How to install a water shut off valve. 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. Begin to install the valve by sliding the compression nut over the supply pipe.

If this happens to you you can simply replace the valve with a new valve that matches the old one. Usually this is a laundry tub outdoor spigot or kitchen faucet.