On 03/19/2017 12:45 PM, Kurt V. Ullman wrote:

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Yep.

Or if you call a plumber they can turn it off at the street as well.



One thing to try though would be to open it up and try again.
Had a friend one time lightly tap the valve with one of those rubber
hammers. He did it twice and the second time it worked. His theory was
that he dislodged whatever was causing the problem. Mine was that it was
5-6 time he had moved the valve back and forth and that is broke it up
enough.
Anyway.. one of those things that might work and there appears to
be no good reason not to try it.




One day the water company was to replace the water meter. When I came
home from work to take a shower, the water was off. I figured the guy
just forgot to turn it back on.


When I went down in the basement the valve was tagged "out of order."

It was off, but due to stripped threads could not be turned back on.


Since it was summer, I said, "what the heck" I put on my swim suit, took
it apart and at least got the valve open again.


With water squirting all over the place, I think the Three Stooges would
have been proud of me.

I eventually had a plumber replace it as the pipe coming in was lead and
I did not know how to deal with it.