Adding Shut Off Valves To Kitchen Sink

Measure from the floor of the sink base cabinet to the center of the valve.

Adding shut off valves to kitchen sink.

Take the old valve with you to the home depot to make sure the replacement matches. Compression fitting shut off valves attach to rigid copper pipe and are popular options. How to install a water shut off valve. Shutoff valves go unused for years.

Your first step is to shut off the water to the entire house at the meter. Usually this is a laundry tub outdoor spigot or kitchen faucet. 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. Usually the water main will be in a basement or garage.

Begin to install the valve by sliding the compression nut over the supply pipe. A ball type valve requires only 1 4 turn. Then cut copper pipe with an autocut tool. These inexpensive little valves rarely get used and when they do sometimes they leak.

Choose ball type shutoff valves instead of standard stop valves photo 1. Drain the system by opening the sink and tub faucets on the lowest floor. Then drain your home at the lowest point. Hold the tubing to the block with a drop ear bend support which is a.

If you re remodeling your kitchen or adding a bathroom here s some advice you ll thank us for later. 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. Determine the shut off valve heights. If your sink doesn t have shut off valves install them now while you re working on the system.

If this happens to you you can simply replace the valve with a new valve that matches the old one. 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. Turn standard stop valves several times clockwise to close. Slide the nut as far back on the pipe as possible to give yourself room to work.

Some water might remain in the system so keep a small bucket handy. Plan where you ll place the shut off valve.