Replacing Hot Water Shut Off Valve Kitchen Sink

Place a bucket under the old valve.

Replacing hot water shut off valve kitchen sink.

The cold water supply line from the wall is dripping water slowly. Shut off the circuit breakers to an electric water heater. Prepare for valve replacement. Turn off the main water supply for the house.

Start with the kitchen sink shutoff valve turn the taps to the off position. To replace a shut off valve in the kitchen sink you need to locate the valves that turn the water supply on or off. The hot and cold water supply under the sink is turned off at the valves. These inexpensive little valves rarely get used and when they do sometimes they leak.

The shut off valves are easy to spot. You should see a large pipe usually made of pvc that has a vertical bend in it before running horizontally to the back wall or rarely down to the floor. Typically there are two shut off valves installed underneath the kitchen sink. Open the cold water handle of the kitchen faucet and let the water drain out if you re replacing the cold valve.

Turn off the next valve up the line which may be the main water supply valve. Under sink shutoff valves also called fixture shutoffs or stop valves allow you to turn off the water to the sink or other fixture without having to use the home s main shutoff. Look for two sets of valves that have oval shapes. The water to a kitchen or bathroom sink is supplied through small copper or flexible neoprene tubes from a small control valve called a stop or shut off valve under the sink.

There are two basic types straight stops and angle stops and these valves normally remain on and are seldom closed functioning maintenance free for years. When cutting the supply line cut slowly and gently so. I am replacing the faucet in my kitchen. My water supply valve under the kitchen sink leaks.

Open the cabinet below the sink and remove anything stored there. I have the faucet installed in the sink but not connected to the hot and cold water. Shut off the water at the main shutoff valve. Deburr the pipe with a deburring tool.

If you have a gas water heater turn the knob to the pilot position. Put a bucket under the drain pipe. Open the faucet to drain the line. Then open a faucet on the lowest level of your house and another faucet on an upper level to drain the pipes.