If you’re planning a plumbing project, make sure you know where to locate your water shut off valve and how to turn off water to the house.

Do you know where your home’s water shut-off valve is, and how to turn it off? Learn what to do before you’re faced with a ...

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.

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.

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 ...

When you're in an emergency situation where your water is restricted or shut off, like in Prince George's County, here are some tips to keeping your commode flowing.

The Carroll County Bureau of Utilities has shut off water service Wednesday to approximately 38 homes in Eldersburg to do an emergency repair to a leaking water valve on Stillwater Road. Homes ...

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.

Due to age and corrosion, the main gas shut-off valve in up to 10% of California homes is frozen so tight that the average homeowner cannot move it to the closed position, according to a Public ...