Replacing Hot Water Shut Off Valve Kitchen Sink

Place a bucket under the old valve.

Replacing hot water shut off valve kitchen sink.

These inexpensive little valves rarely get used and when they do sometimes they leak. I have the faucet installed in the sink but not connected to the hot and cold water. Prepare for valve replacement. Deburr the pipe with a deburring tool.

Start with the kitchen sink shutoff valve turn the taps to the off position. The hot and cold water supply under the sink is turned off at the valves. Typically there are two shut off valves installed underneath the kitchen sink. Cut the supply line with a pipe cutter leaving enough room between the escutcheon plate and the cut to allow installation of the valve fitting.

One for the hot water supply and the other for the cold. You should see a large pipe usually made of pvc that has a vertical bend in it before running horizontally to the back wall or rarely down to the floor. Then open a faucet on the lowest level of your house and another faucet on an upper level to drain the pipes. Turn off the next valve up the line which may be the main water supply valve.

If you have a gas water heater turn the knob to the pilot position. Open the cold water handle of the kitchen faucet and let the water drain out if you re replacing the cold valve. Shut off the water at the main shutoff valve. When cutting the supply line cut slowly and gently so.

The shut off valves are easy to spot. To replace a shut off valve in the kitchen sink you need to locate the valves that turn the water supply on or off. Turn off the main water supply for the house. Open the cabinet below the sink and remove anything stored there.

There are two basic types straight stops and angle stops and these valves normally remain on and are seldom closed functioning maintenance free for years. I am replacing the faucet in my kitchen. Look for two sets of valves that have oval shapes. If this happens to you you can simply replace the valve with a new valve that matches the old one.

Under sink shutoff valves also called fixture shutoffs or stop valves allow you to turn off the water to the sink or other fixture without having to use the home s main shutoff. Put a bucket under the drain pipe. Open the faucet to drain the line. My water supply valve under the kitchen sink leaks.