On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:07:19 -0700 (PDT), KOS
wrote:

On Mar 20, 5:59*pm, RosemontCrest wrote:
On Mar 20, 2:21*pm, KOS wrote:

First, once I shut the cold and hot water below the pedestal, should
that be best way to shut water or do I have to shut the whole house
off?

The purpose of the shut-off valves at the fixture is so that the water
can be shut off at the fixture without turning off the water supply to
the entire house.

The pipe that goes from the wall to the pedestal- shaped like a U, I
remove that from the wall?

Yes. Stuff a rag in the hole in the wall to prevent sewer gases from
entering the room until you are ready reinstall or install a new
fixture.


Perfect, thats all I wanted to know. I am going to keep the pedestal
but need access to paint the wall. I will change out the fixtures to
another finish so they will go too,. ie shut off valves etc... Sounds
pretty easy.. My real concern was just the shutting off of the h20.
But since you say using the shut off valves is adequate, I will go
with that..

After you shut those valves off, open the faucets and see how much if
any water is coming out. Even if a little is, a bucket may be enough,
but this way you'll have an idea in advance.

There are many cases where you can verify that a required step or a
precaution has been effective before going to the next step.

YOu would also get an idea when you started to disconnect the pipe,
although that would be harder to evaluate, because even a drip's worth
can come out a lot faster when it's a very thin spurt through a tiny
opening.