Thank you cacher_chick, hj, and dj2. I have already asked a friend who is a plumber to come around and replace the valve. It seems that I do not have the right tools - I spent a lot of time 2 days ago with what I had, but could not a good grip on the valve. In fact, I damaged the thread on the...
This evening I followed all of your advice and successfully drained the water from the system. I thought everything would be easy from then on, but to my frustration I could not remove that old shut off valve (the angle valve), even though I was trying everything, with all kinds of tools...
Yesterday I looked at the water heater, and it seems (please see attached photo), that the hot water comes out of the tube which does NOT have a shut of valve (only the cold water inlet has, that blue lever thing). Because of this it seems to me that essentially I would need to shut off the cold...
Yes, but the problem is that when I tried to remove the black 3/8" flexible pipe (sorry if I am not using the correct terminology), water was gushing out, despite the fact that I shut off the main valve in the garage. That black pipe/hose is the one which carries the hot water into the faucet. I...
Dear Terry,
Many thanks for your very fast reply. The only two main shut off valves I know about is: 1) outside of my house, 2) inside the house as the main water pipe enters the house. This latter one I closed, but to no avail. I am attaching a picture of the valve, although really the problem...
I have recently replaced a kitchen sink faucet, and it works. However, 3 days ago suddenly the flow of the hot water through the faucet decreased by about 50%. I tried to shut off the multi-turn angle valve, but the water kept coming through the faucet. Therefore I thought that this angle valve...