I have a shut off valve under the sink that leaks when you try to turn it OFF. Why is that?I need to fix faucet leak as well. do i need to shut water off to fix faucet? Need to fix valve first. Cant figure out why valve leaks when turning off.
Because the stem washer is worn out and needs replacing, you will have to shut off the water to the whole house and you might as well replace the shutoff, probably just about as cheap and a lot more reliable fix.
Mr. ? is powerful. replace the close-off valve. the place I stay there's an excellent style of limescale interior the water so shutoff valves purely get gunked up over the years and in lots of situations leak everytime you mess with them. each time I replace or fix a rest room or faucet I purely plan on changing the close-off valve on the comparable time -- a great way much less difficulty than getting the recent merchandise put in and then having to circulate back and take issues aside to swap the leaking valve. I additionally replace the feeder hose connecting the bathroom or faucet too, constantly with the braided stainless style. i could fairly be attentive to I even have put in new factors than have the previous one fail at inconvenient situations and reason injury to the residing house.
when a valve is left open for a long time all is well until you move the stem quit common with 2 wrenches hold the body of the valve with one and with the other tighten up the bonnet packing nut where the water is coming from just a little twist should do it 1/8 to a 1/4 turn .what this will do is smash the bonnet washer a little tighter to the valve stem shaft. gl
