Replacing Water Valve Under Sink

If this happens to you you can simply replace the valve with a new valve that matches the old one.

Replacing water valve under sink.

Place a bucket under the old valve. I am replacing the faucet in my kitchen. With a few household tool. Close the new valve.

When cutting the supply line cut slowly and gently so. Check the new valves for leaks. The hot and cold water supply under the sink is turned off at the valves. Open the faucet to drain the line.

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. For a basic project in zip code 47474 with 6 valves the cost to install a water shut off valve starts at 153 183 per valve. The cold water supply line from the wall is dripping water slowly. Then open the water main shutoff valve and let the water run until all the air is out of the pipes.

My water supply valve under the kitchen sink leaks. 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. These inexpensive little valves rarely get used and when they do sometimes they leak. 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.

Then shut off the upper and lower faucets. Actual costs will depend on job size conditions and options. Turn off the next valve up the line which may be the main water supply valve. Learn how easy it is.

Cut the supply line with a pipe cutter leaving enough room between the escutcheon plate and the cut to allow installation of the valve fitting. Turn the water heater gas valve back to on or flip on the circuit breakers to the electric water heater. Replacing a shut off valve compression valve or angle stop may seem like a daunting task but it really takes less than 5 minutes.