Adding Shut Off Valves To Kitchen Sink

Drain the system by opening the sink and tub faucets on the lowest floor.

Adding shut off valves to kitchen sink.

Usually the water main will be in a basement or garage. Choose ball type shutoff valves instead of standard stop valves photo 1. Install blocking behind the sink and run 1 2 inch pex tubing around the blocking and extend it out from the wall about an inch. If you re remodeling your kitchen or adding a bathroom here s some advice you ll thank us for later.

How to install a water shut off valve. Take the old valve with you to the home depot to make sure the replacement matches. If your sink doesn t have shut off valves install them now while you re working on the system. Begin to install the valve by sliding the compression nut over the supply pipe.

Houses built before roughly 1980 were not required to have shut offs on every sink supply line so you may not have any at all. Slide the nut as far back on the pipe as possible to give yourself room to work. Compression fitting shut off valves attach to rigid copper pipe and are popular options. Then drain your home at the lowest point.

Hold the tubing to the block with a drop ear bend support which is a. Some water might remain in the system so keep a small bucket handy. Usually this is a laundry tub outdoor spigot or kitchen faucet. Plan where you ll place the shut off valve.

First step turn off the water to your house. Turn standard stop valves several times clockwise to close. A ball type valve requires only 1 4 turn. It s standard procedure to install shutoff valves on the water supply lines for a sink because they provide an easy way to turn off the water when you need to repair or change the faucet.

Shutoff valves go unused for years. Determine the shut off valve heights. Then cut copper pipe with an autocut tool. 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.

These inexpensive little valves rarely get used and when they do sometimes they leak. If this happens to you you can simply replace the valve with a new valve that matches the old one.