Replacing Valves Under Kitchen Sink

If you have a gas water heater turn the knob to the pilot position.

Replacing valves under kitchen sink.

Put a bucket under the drain pipe. Actual costs will depend on job size conditions and options. 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 hot and cold water supply under the sink is turned off at the valves.

Open the faucet to drain the line. 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. 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. Then disconnect the supply tube from the shutoff valve.

Place a bucket under the old valve. Shut off the circuit breakers to an electric water heater. Ignoring minor leaks can waste up to three gallons of water every day and can also lead to permanent water stains and rot under your sink. I am replacing the faucet in my kitchen.

These inexpensive little valves rarely get used and when they do sometimes they leak. Open the cold water handle of the kitchen faucet and let the water drain out if you re replacing the cold 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. With a few household tool.

However calling a plumber can be expensive. Then open a faucet on the lowest level of your house and another faucet on an upper level to drain the pipes. Replacing a shut off valve compression valve or angle stop may seem like a daunting task but it really takes less than 5 minutes. Turn off the main water supply for the house.

The shut off valve under a sink can go unattended for years without giving any problems but once it starts leaking it can lead to a mess quickly. If this happens to you you can simply replace the valve with a new valve that matches the old one. The cold water supply line from the wall is dripping water slowly. Turn off the next valve up the line which may be the main water supply valve.

Deburr the pipe with a deburring tool. When cutting the supply line cut slowly and gently so.