I turn water off to my sprinker system every fall from the basement.
The valve is a handle type that turns 90 degrees to turn water on or
off. I now have a slow leak when I shut down the system.

Is there a way to repair the shut-off valve or must I cut it out and
replace it?

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I turn water off to my sprinker system every fall from the basement.
The valve is a handle type that turns 90 degrees to turn water on or
off. I now have a slow leak when I shut down the system.

Is there a way to repair the shut-off valve or must I cut it out and
replace it?

Where is it leaking? If it is around the handle, it is fixable. The
packing needs replaced. Any DIY book will show you some nice photos of how
to approach that problem. Buy one, it will pay for itself. On the other
hand, I don't know of any way to repair it if it is actually leaking from
the supply side to the delivery side.

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Joseph Meehan

Dia duit

Your know - Its a bit frustrating when we post good information like
this and never hear a peep from the orignial poster. How about a
"Thanks - you samed me a lot of headache because this was such a simple
fix!" Or even an "no, its not the packing, it keaks out the supply
side, I guess I'll have to replace the valve thanks though"

Oh well. I contribute here because I also get something back from time
to time. Just last week I looked up a post I did for somone else to
pull up some URLs I had researched for somone, it was time I needed my
own past research! anyway... Keep up the good work.