How to Fix a Leaky Shut-Off Valve | This Old House
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- čas přidán 14. 09. 2014
- This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey shows how to quickly, easily fix a faulty valve. (See below for a shopping list and tools.)
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teflon packing [amzn.to/2ObScMw]
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adjustable wrench [amzn.to/2QfK6Vv]
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How to Fix a Leaky Shut-Off Valve | This Old House
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That was cool. Very patient with her. Nice to see people be appreciative.
I appreciate how the advice is never condescending. Just friendly encouragement.
catolick
I replaced my kitchen sink faucet today and came to find out I had a leaky shut-off valve afterwards. Jumped on youtube, found this video, and it took me 14 minutes from turning off the main water line to putting away my tools. It took me longer to find the teflon packing at the store!
Thanks so much!
I like how he's hiding behind the wall 😂
I was under my house, crawl space. Just replaced a heating element on my fatboy water heater. The element wrench had slipped during the process, jamming my hand on the drain valve, swelling my knuckles almost instantly. So the frustration level was high. Turned on the water and the valve started streaming water. Not a good feeling. I found this video on my phone while laying there at a loss. Went into my tool bag, found the teflon, and my adjustable wrench. Called my wife who was walking around above and, had her shut off the water supply. Replaced the washer with the teflon and tightened the valve up. Boom, problem solved. Thank you so much. Avid watcher of "This Old House", thanks dad.
That's precious! I feel her joy!
Totally fixed my problem in 15 minutes. Saved me hours of hassle when I thought I needed to replace the whole valve. Some CZcams videos have you pull the whole handle (mine is stuck), so I was happy to see I could re-pack just by removing the "bonnet." Thanks Richard.
Lowes didn't know what I was talking about when I asked for teflon packing but Home Depot did and it seems to have fixed my leak! Thank you.
+pandurate Lot's of Home Depot's and Lowe's stores throughout the country. Some are better than others no matter which store you choose,
Also can use graphic packing which was used for stem packing back in the day still much better than Teflon packing HD carries that too
Thank you for posting this! From reading the comments it looks like I'm not the only one that successfully did this job myself thanks to this video.
Thank you. Water valve started leaking Friday but thanks to your tutorial I was able to fix it and put away the bucket.
Thank you This Old House!
Thank you for all your how-to videos; they make a lot of problems easy to fix. THANX!
Thanks for taking the time to make this informative, well made video.
We just did this for our shutoff valve, and it fixed the problem! Thank you!
She was so excited and appreciative I love it!
Cool she was very happy
Thank you Thank you so much! It worked! I used sealing tape. No longer leaking.
I loved this video and the hug at the end!
Thanks!! Valve fixed!!
WAHOO! Worked like a charm! Thank you!!!!
Amazing what a little packing can do.
Well, this saved me a couple hundred bucks. Thank you, internet.
amanda , it's not the immigrants taking jobs away, its the internet! No kidding. I refuse to hire someone until ive looked on youtube for solutions myself.
This is a temp fix, a plumber will actually replace the part
He squeal of delight was great. Love that.
Thanks!
I'm gonna try this!!! I hope it works!!
Homeowners can do do more than the think thy can with a little help.
Thanks
very cool
My exact problem, thx so much
Happy New Year!
Please advise how do you stop the leaky main water valve. I have put a piece of teflon tape but this has not stopped leaking. Thanks.
I just want a temp fix...as I understand that this has to be replaced in the long term...This can only be done after coordinating with the City.
I'm writing this on a late Saturday night, Memorial Daty weekend, during the Covid-19 pandemic. I installed a small bidet attachment a couple days ago; it had a leak which I finally tracked down and fixed. However in the act of shutting off and opening the water supply to the toilet, it later developed this type of leak through the stem - but much faster than the previous leak, overfilling the small tub and onto the floor around my toilet. I shut off the knob thinking I'd have to wait until Tuesday to make a non-emergency call to a plumber; I figured I could open it just enough between flushes to fill the tank, then shut off until the next flush. Or because I could see hex heads, maybe I could do it myself. Or at least know what would be involved when I talk to plumbers for quotes.
So onto the Interwebs I jumped. Took me a while because I didn't know what exactly the valve was called (Lowe's confused it with the flapper & fill valves inside the toilet, and with faucet stem valves). Finally DuckDuckGo (because screw Google) gave me some closer results, including this one. It seemed really simple enough to try, and low risk if it didn't work. So far, 15 minutes later, it seems bone dry; I put a larger shallow tub underneath just in case. I remembered I had a similar valve stem leak through a an under-cabinet shut-off valve to my outside spigot. So I tried it on that one. So far, bone dry; again I put a cat dish underneath just in case. I got so excited I went into my utility room and did this trick with at least 4 different shutoff valves, including the inside main shutoff. Only one of them had to be backed off enough to let me turn the valve, but it still shows no signs of leaking.
I'd never heard of a packing nut. But this seems like a widely-overlooked and/or neglected thing by homeowners that over time could result in expensive and perhaps unnecessary repair bills, both for the leak itself and the resulting water damage. I wonder if this should be a periodic maintenance check by homeowners and/or landlords, maybe every few years or so. My house is 60 years old and I don't know which valves are original or not, so I have to assume they all are (which is probably true). It seems like opening and/or closing these valves (especially repeatedly) after letting them sit for a long period of time induces this type of leak. I doubt the two leaky valves I had were ever touched by the previous owner.
I am also starting to think that even if tightening the packing nut stops the leak, in the fullness of time the leak may re-occur and the packing material inside will have to be replaced. Again I wonder if this shouldn't be a regular maintenance item; I don;t know what the frequency for replacement would be but 10 or so years seems reasonable; of course "as needed" if tightening the packing nut doesn't stop a leak.
I used to have a plumber who won't mess with any of the individual shut offs when he does a service job. He goes right to the main and shuts that off. Personally, I like the new ball valves and upgrade to them when appropriate--the gate valves--like in this video-suck.
Love it
This literally happens to me today to the water line that go's to the water heater the valve would not closed so kept rocking it open en close until it loosen up by then when I drain the water heater and went to turn it back on when I open the whole valve water kept coming up they the valved now I know how to fix it thank you for sharing
I like this guy. :)
please can you help me to fix a leak from delta 1400 series bathtub spout
So Home Depot has these teflon wraps?I was ready to loosen the other nut behind that one and replace the rubber washer witch I am really not sure if there is one ,is there?
Hugs hugs !!
What about if it's the MAIN water valve that has a slight leak?
Then you would need to turn off the shut off valve for the entire house.
You should get a plumber to replace the main shut off valve from an old gate or globe style (Which your not really supposed to use any more) and have them replace it with a quality ball valve. We have 40 year old ball valves here at work that have never leaked once. Great products.
Will have to have the city turn the water off to your property for that repair to be completed.
Thanks to all. Like JD said, a replacement to a ball valve would be the way to go. The hardest part is coordinating the plumber with the city.
Most homes have a shutoff valve at the meter that you can close
Seems like there'll never be enough packing to stop my shower handle from that type of leak. And if I try to really jam a lot, the handle becomes too difficult to turn and I'm worried it'll cause the entire thing to unscrew from the pipe. Any advice?
Get a rebuild kit for your shower valve body.
I need to do a similar job, but my main water valve will not close, it is just spinning freely. I can't remember a time when I have ever had to shut it off.
justonemorecast Time to call a plumber. You'll need to shut off the water at the main outside your house, and once you do that, it's best to replace the existing valve with a quarter turn ball valve. Good luck.
Tom Conroy I shut my main off outside and replaced the valve. No plumber necessary.
justonemorecast While you may have been able to turn off the main outside on your own, it’s best to work with the town and have someone come over and do it for you. After all, it is their property, and if they break it, they have to pay.
Which way do you turn nut when Richards not there?
+Maxid1 Yup! decisions, decisions, decisions.
Maxid1 lol
The universe implodes
Watch the video again and watch to see if she turns it clockwise or counterclockwise
I like how Richard didn't have to do anything and still get paid 😂
He had to drive out there and instruct her for the production of the video 🤷♂️
He gets paid for the knowledge he learned over many years.
How about - replace the valve ..
I tried doing this but I couldn't move the handle afterword, I tried to to move the handle with a pipe wrench and the handle broke off. I got it to open with visegrips but I guess I don't have a shutoff anymore... doesn't leak though.
Sounds like you put too much packing in there.
@A Stanton1966 Yeah I definitely messed it up but I changed it all out when the water heater went bad.
How come u didn't say anything about the valve being open all the way b4 u loosen the nut on the bonnet? That is an important step to note for ppl watching this video.
How do I fix a leaky shut-off vale
for ice maker
If you have one of those saddle valves, forget it. They make a nice valve for ice makers. Go to a plumbing supply house and get one. This is to say, as long as you have copper lines. You can get it sweated right in. Then run one of those lines with an o-ring on each end. The plumbing supply house sells those two. They come in different lengths--you don't cut em.
Norma Gibson replace it
What about fixing the t&p line that's done illegally
Oh, me? hahaha
"I'm not feeling it" She said
Y'all look cute and cozy down there on the floor together.
WOW ... not much wiggle room to get that hot water tank out when the time comes.
hl3 leaked gameplay
wrench is on backwards
She is using a crescent wrench.
And she's using it wrong. The flexible part of the wrench should always point into the direction you're screwing. Using it otherwise is reducing the lifetime of the wrench, especially if you're using much force.
Don't think much force was being used but you are correct sir !!
Can't you just use plumber's tape?
Open end wrench?? Really ??
I don't know why plumbers don't invest in a good set of 6-sided wrenches to prevent rounding off the corners of the nuts. Another peeve for me is no pilot holes. I follow a plumber here on YT and whenever he installs a new outside faucet, he just sends the screws home--no pilot holes!
Copper gas line really?
Why not? My gas line here is made of copper too. But the fittings are crimped (copper and stainless steel are here always crimped (special tool which is crimping the fittings with several tons of pressure), soldering is not longer up-to-date here in Germany) and the o-rings in the fittings are special ones for gas and the fittings are marked yellow (green for water). Natural gas isn't corrosive so that's not a problem.
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No social distancing of masks 0/10
Special ed plumbing
Teaching a woman how to do maintenance things is like walking on shards of glass