MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2015
When you need to shut the water supply off to the entire house or when a local plumbing fixture has no local shutoff valve, the place to go is your home's water meter.
- At the water meter you'll find a water supply line coming into the house from the outside.
- Between it and the water meter is a shutoff valve. On the other side of the water meter is another shutoff valve.
- To shut off the water to the house, turn off the valve located BEFORE the water meter, on the supply side.
Many plumbing fixtures have a local shutoff for the cold and if required, the hot water line.
- To turn off the water supply to a plumbing fixture, locate its shutoff valve.
- The valve(s) is usually located directly under the fixture as in the case of a sink or a toilet.
- Once located, turn off the appropriate valve.
Locating water shut off valves for tubs and showers are not as easy as sinks or toilets and are usually concealed.
- Look around the tub or shower for an access panel. It may be on the other side of the wall as the tub or shower.
- If it is not found in an access panel, then it is located under the floor in the basement or in a ceiling access panel in the floor below.
- Once located, turn off the appropriate valve
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