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Restore Water Supply and Test for Leaks

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How to Replace a Old Toilet Shut Off Valve...RIGHT TOOLS FOR THE JOB!!

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Return to the main water shut-off valve. Slowly turn the valve counter-clockwise to gradually restore water to the house. As water begins to flow, keep the previously opened faucets (like the basement faucet) open to allow air to escape the lines. This prevents water hammer and ensures the system fills smoothly. Once water is steadily flowing from all open faucets, you can close them. Then, go back to the toilet's new quarter-turn ball valve and slowly open it by turning the handle. Listen for the sound of the toilet tank filling and inspect all connections (both at the ball valve and the toilet fill valve) for any signs of leaks. After confirming no leaks, open the main water supply valve fully, but then turn it back about a quarter to a half turn. This prevents the main valve from getting stuck in the fully open position over time.

Goal: Ensure water supply is restored and there are no leaks in the new installation.

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to test this out okay so now we're going to turn the water back on when you turn this back on leave your faucets open and just open this slowly when you open it real slowly you get water trickling you're not going to get a lot of water hammer you know you just kind of crack it once you get water running out of all your faucets then you can go ahead and shut it off and you're not going to hear any more water going through this and then you're going to be able to open it up the rest of the way okay so now you've got most of the air out of the lines here now we'll just turn this on the rest of the way right oh that's turning it back off okay that's what i do sometimes all right nobody's perfect here folks so we've got that the whole way open you just want to come about a quarter turn or so back the other way that way it's always going to be able to move for you you don't want it to get it stuck in that open position and have the valve break or something okay and so now we're just underneath here we're going to go ahead and just slowly open this oh we got a little air in this line tried to get all that air out sometimes you get just a little bit everything looks good to go all right

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