You should be able to turn it off at the meter without getting the city
involved.
Replace it with a quarter turn ball valve.
If its on copper, you can use compression unions as opposed to sweat
soldering it into place.

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Steve Barker



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All,

After 15 years of using the house main water supply valve to turn off
water to the house it no longer completely shuts off the water. My
sense is that the seal inside is not fully functional and the outside
water pressure is enough to maintain a flow even though the valve is
off.

So, could anyone suggest the best plan from here. It looks like the
valve is soldered in. It's located just outside the house.

Do I have the city shut off the house water, hacksaw out the old valve
and solder in a new one? There is one nut between the body of the
valve, around the shaft. Is there any chance I could simply open that
up and pull out the guts of the valve and replace just that?

Thanks for any advice.

Steve