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How To Replace A Water Shut Off Valve Under A Sink

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What happens here

Walk outside to locate the main water meter. Use a wrench or meter key to turn the main water valve off. The video demonstrates turning the valve handle clockwise (righty-tighty) until it is perpendicular to the pipe, indicating the water is off.

Goal: Locate and turn off the main water supply to the house at the water meter, typically found outside. This is a critical safety step to prevent flooding.

Tools and materials

  • Wrench/Meter Key

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shut off. It's still leaking. First thing we need to do is shut the water off. For that, we got to go outside. So I don't know if you guys remember, but Gil actually dug this whole yard up. And we're going to just go up back to the meter, right, he's tidy, lefty, loosey, to holes lock up. Right? And that's going to mean it's off. That's actually where the city can put their lock on again. So trying out a new tool bag here, got the dealer.

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