replying to MitchS, anthony berry wrote:
A HVAC contractor advised me to bang on the valve and it worked for months as
he said it would. Now that doesn't work anymore and I need to replace the
valve now. P.S. I didn't blow myself or the house up by banging on the vallve.

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