Introduction and Identifying the Need

Hey folks, that's fix it guy here. So today we're going to be talking about emergency water shutoff valves. Do you know where to shut your water off? To me, I think it's a very important question. It's one that I ask a lot of people when I had my plumbing business. Do you know where to shut it off and if you don't let me show you? So I would go around their house, I would find it for them, but I would also let them know about shutting it off at the water meter. And letting them know that they should have a water meter key or a curb key in their garage or somewhere accessible to be able to shut it off at a moment's notice. I can't pretend to know where your shutoff valve is in your house. I can tell you places to look. It might be underneath one of your sinks. It might be in a closet. It might be in the crawl space. It might be in your pantry. Like I've seen them so many different places. Really I can't even begin to know where to look. But the one that I do know is your water meter. There's definitely going to be, if you're on city water, there's going to be a water meter outside your house and it's going to have a shutoff valve. Because the city is going to want to shut your water off if you don't pay the bill. So today I'm going to show you where to find that, how to shut it off and the tools used to do that. I typically use a water meter key or a caressant wrench or a pipe wrench or a basin wrench, anything that you can use to actually shut your water off is going to work. But a curb key or a water meter key is going to be the best thing for that. It just allows you to do it quick and effective. So the tool that I'm talking about today is this 26 inch water meter key right here.