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JWKAtl t1_iuhiygb wrote

Reply to comment by TVLL in Can't fit any wrenches to under the handle to turn water off in my bathroom sink. by Goe_Phaste

And if the water continues to flow then your shutoff valve is dead so you'll need to kill the water to the entire house

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lostarchitect t1_iuhlws1 wrote

And then also replace the faulty valve.

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PleaseBeginReplyWith t1_iuhopjf wrote

My shutoff valve at the curb is shitty and I lived in this house for 35 years before I realized there is shutoff valve IN. THE. HOUSE.

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JWKAtl t1_iuhp9uf wrote

Easy to miss if you don't know what you're looking for.

We had to get a new whole house shutoff recently. I definitely had a pro do that one!

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GoldenRamoth t1_iuhzy4j wrote

I've never used a curb shutoff. Damn

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PleaseBeginReplyWith t1_iui0fkc wrote

One of those things that might be worth trying so you know how to do it so you can when shtf

Also natural gas if you've got that

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GoldenRamoth t1_iui0juq wrote

This is fair. I've got 3-4 mail water cutoffs in the basment at various points, but adding a #5 wouldn't be bad.

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JWKAtl t1_iuhpb6f wrote

Yep. I did that twice this weekend.

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Sluisifer t1_iujlmof wrote

And make sure it's the quarter-turn kind.

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