replacing water meter valve
Its kind of ironic that this topic has come up,just last week had to change a meter valve under pressure for a bank owned foreclosure,the city required the change because the old 3/4" globe valve had taken a beating over the years,the stem was broken and you needed vise-grips to close the valve.The real kicker in this senario was that curb stop did not function,the water stayed on in the open and closed position,(now the cities problem)because it was an old 3/4" galv. water service the pressure was not that great, maybe 40 psi and the house was vacant with a basement,you do the math.Any way took out a 24"+18" alum RIDGID wrenches and backed out the old valve very care-fully with the valve opened slapped some dope all over the threads and put on a new 3/4" wog ball valve,the key is to have your new valve open when installing so the resistence created by the flow of water will not hinder you from starting on the thread.This was the second time in 25+years I had to make a change of the meter valve under pressure.