If that valve needs replacement, contact your water utility to shut off the main valve at the curb. The post Home Repair: How to Replace the Main Shut Off Valve appeared first on Family Handyman.

1. Turn the water off at the main valve for the home. 2. Open a few faucets to drain water out of the lines. 3. Cut the water line just before the shut-off valve. 4. Ream and de-bur the cut pipe end.

John Kennedy Once your toilet flushes, the fill valve, well, starts filling it back up. “They didn’t come up with complicated names when they named the parts of a toilet,” Sebestyen says.

Locate the metal shut-off valve along the wall behind the toilet, usually near the base of the tank. Manually twist the valve clockwise until tight to turn off the water supply to the toilet.

On the good side, putting in a new one is a simple job, thanks to the modern miracles of compression fittings and standardized measurements. Phase one: Remove old toilet. Shut off the intake valve ...

To determine if the pipe between these two points is leaking, shut off the main water supply valve at the house, and check to see if the meter continues to show water is being used.

To replace the valve, turn off the water supply to the toilet either at a wall-mounted shut-off valve or at the house main. Flush the toilet to drain the tank, and then remove any excess water ...