Sink Water Valve Repair

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Sink water valve repair.

Water valve cutaway showing packing washer. A water supply valve that won t work or leaks when it is shut can be repaired. These inexpensive little valves rarely get used and when they do sometimes they leak. Properly sized replacement washers for the shutoff valve are available from plumbing supply houses and better hardware stores that stock a large inventory of repair parts.

Fortunately a bad shut off valve is extremely easy to replace. If this happens to you you can simply replace the valve with a new valve that matches the old one. Watts 3 4 in brass female in line water pressure valve. Subscribe to this o.

At this point if water is still exiting the valve it will need replacement. We offer top brands including watts zurn and moen. Turn off the house water main before taking apart the toilet shutoff valve. Ask this old house plumbing and heating expert richard trethewey helps a homeowner replace the shutoff valve underneath her kitchen sink.

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. After you are done fixing your leaky water shutoff valve check out how to fix a leaky shutoff with a supply valve piggyback. If the valve won t turn off the water or shut off completely it is likely tha. As the line fills watch out for leaks.

To replace the packing washer remove the handle and packing nut. If this step doesn t stop the leak you ll need to replace the whole valve.