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DO I need to shut water valve into the hot water heater off?
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| There is no room for anything other than the meter and its' fittings in the
short horizontal run before it turns into a 1" or 3/4" vertical run that
breaks off to the water heater. The vertical up from the foundation has the
current (leaking?) valve, and theres no room there. So I would need to
install a compression valve in the (3/4"?) horizontal run, and would not as
you say, need to disconnect the meter I guess. Wondering what you did
I just noticed something. There is a shut off valve in the run between the
main water supply and the water heater. It is after the meter, which is
also after the current shut-off valve. Is it possible there is pressure in
the hot water tank driving cool water to the pipes thirty/fifty feet of run
away?
DO I need to shut water valve into the hot water heater off?
"bent" <bent@rogers.com> wrote in message
news:1171819165_389@sp6iad.superfeed.net...
>I cannot picture what you did, could you expand slightly please - how much
>was your leaking?
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> I have never used a compression fitting
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| I am still concerned about the main topic, but now I am also interested in
how a man is to locate his own shut-off valve in his/her lawn. Is it that
round steel thing about 4" in Dia that has a square (approx 1") in the
center that sometimes is visible. I didn't know what those were, and I
can't say I've even seen one in my lawn. How do I find mine? Is it at
right angles to the lines inside at the foundation. How close/far to
sidewalk or other reference (same as others on street?) I think I can
imagine what the wrench looks like: (<> )==. If I were to locate a wrench
and my valve in the lawn, and since I don't have one working inside, is it a
hanging offense to use it as the (capable) homeOwner?
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