Replacing Hot Water Shut Off Valve Kitchen Sink

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Replacing hot water shut off valve kitchen sink.

Place a bucket under the old valve. To replace a shut off valve in the kitchen sink you need to locate the valves that turn the water supply on or off. Look for two sets of valves that have oval shapes. The cold water supply line from the wall is dripping water slowly.

Then open a faucet on the lowest level of your house and another faucet on an upper level to drain the pipes. These inexpensive little valves rarely get used and when they do sometimes they leak. Turn off the main water supply for the house. The shut off valves are easy to spot.

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. Open the faucet to drain the line. I am replacing the faucet in my kitchen. 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.

Typically there are two shut off valves installed underneath the kitchen sink. Prepare for valve replacement. The hot and cold water supply under the sink is turned off at the valves. Put a bucket under the drain pipe.

Deburr the pipe with a deburring tool. 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. Shut off the circuit breakers to an electric water heater. 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.

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. My water supply valve under the kitchen sink leaks. 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.

One for the hot water supply and the other for the cold. Open the cold water handle of the kitchen faucet and let the water drain out if you re replacing the cold valve. Start with the kitchen sink shutoff valve turn the taps to the off position. Turn off the next valve up the line which may be the main water supply valve.