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TVLL t1_iugqvjw wrote on October 31, 2022 at 5:04 AM

Make sure to turn the water off below. The faucet only turns the water on/off at the faucet. You still have water under pressure just below the faucet. If you unscrew the faucet connection water is going to go everywhere.

Follow those lines down from the faucet and shut off the water at the valve they connect to. Then open the faucet to drain out any leftover water. Only then should you disconnect that line/lines from the faucet.

JWKAtl t1_iuhiygb wrote on October 31, 2022 at 11:42 AM

And if the water continues to flow then your shutoff valve is dead so you'll need to kill the water to the entire house

lostarchitect t1_iuhlws1 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 12:12 PM

And then also replace the faulty valve.

PleaseBeginReplyWith t1_iuhopjf wrote on October 31, 2022 at 12:39 PM

My shutoff valve at the curb is shitty and I lived in this house for 35 years before I realized there is shutoff valve IN. THE. HOUSE.

JWKAtl t1_iuhp9uf wrote on October 31, 2022 at 12:44 PM

Easy to miss if you don't know what you're looking for.

We had to get a new whole house shutoff recently. I definitely had a pro do that one!

PleaseBeginReplyWith t1_iui0pex wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:15 PM

I lived here when it was installed....I was in high school

GoldenRamoth t1_iuhzy4j wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:10 PM

I've never used a curb shutoff. Damn

PleaseBeginReplyWith t1_iui0fkc wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:13 PM

One of those things that might be worth trying so you know how to do it so you can when shtf

Also natural gas if you've got that

GoldenRamoth t1_iui0juq wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:14 PM

This is fair. I've got 3-4 mail water cutoffs in the basment at various points, but adding a #5 wouldn't be bad.

JWKAtl t1_iuhpb6f wrote on October 31, 2022 at 12:44 PM

Yep. I did that twice this weekend.

Sluisifer t1_iujlmof wrote on October 31, 2022 at 8:39 PM

And make sure it's the quarter-turn kind.