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plumbing question
Hi,
I recently turned off the main water shut off valve outside the house to replaced a bad toilet water valve. The main water shut off valve wouldn't turn off completely but water pressure was reduced quite a bit. However, after the job was done, when I turn the main shut off valve counter-clockwise to turn the water back on, it seems water pressure does not increase, so now I'm stuck with slow running water - it appears water pressure doesn't change whether I turn the shut off valve either direction. I guess I have a bad main shut off valve? How do I replace the main shut off valve (globe valve) or is this a job for the professionals? |
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ouch, that was a pro job when mine went bad. but, lemme see if i have
this right, where i live we have the water company supply line that comes down the street, then a branch off that leads to a pit in the yard and there's a shutoff valve there that the water company can get to with a 6 foot long tool. everything closer to the house than that valve is my responsibility, so there's a line from that valve, that comes into the basement, then there's a shutoff valve in my basement, which is a horseshoe-shaped valve (it has a proper name which escapes me) and that's the valve that's metered. if your on city water and that's the valve you're talking about, then i think it's time to call a plumber. if so, you could have them put in another valve (on the house side of the one that's broken) too so when you want to shut off the whole house you don't have to mess with the metered valve. if the valve you're talking about is the one that would correspond to my valve in the pit in the yard, here that's the water company's problem and they'll fix it. if you're not messing with a meter you can do whatever, but is there a place farther up the line where you can turn the water off yourself ? whether you do it or a plumber, if the supply pipe is old beware of cracking it. in my old place whatever raving lunatic plumbed the house had done so in such a way as to place the weight of the valve and section of pipe above it on the supply line coming into the basement fom the pit. after decades of that i think it weakened the pipe so when the pkumbed went to replace the metered valve he had to cut the threaded part off and rethread the pipe before beginning. |
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You should also ask at alt.home.repair
Bonnie wrote in message oups.com... Hi, I recently turned off the main water shut off valve outside the house to replaced a bad toilet water valve. The main water shut off valve wouldn't turn off completely but water pressure was reduced quite a bit. However, after the job was done, when I turn the main shut off valve counter-clockwise to turn the water back on, it seems water pressure does not increase, so now I'm stuck with slow running water - it appears water pressure doesn't change whether I turn the shut off valve either direction. I guess I have a bad main shut off valve? How do I replace the main shut off valve (globe valve) or is this a job for the professionals? |
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thanks for all the suggestions..
this is the valve located right underneath the yard faucet facing the street.. would this kind of stuff usually be covered by home warranty or no? Speedy Jim wrote: wrote: Hi, I recently turned off the main water shut off valve outside the house to replaced a bad toilet water valve. The main water shut off valve wouldn't turn off completely but water pressure was reduced quite a bit. However, after the job was done, when I turn the main shut off valve counter-clockwise to turn the water back on, it seems water pressure does not increase, so now I'm stuck with slow running water - it appears water pressure doesn't change whether I turn the shut off valve either direction. I guess I have a bad main shut off valve? How do I replace the main shut off valve (globe valve) or is this a job for the professionals? Start with a phone call to the water utility. They *may* offer to do it, or maybe shut off the curb stop for you, or suggest who would best do the work. Jim |
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