This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey shows how to quickly, easily fix a faulty valve. (See below for a shopping list and tools.)
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Shopping List for Fixing a Leaky Shut-Off Valve:
– teflon packing
Tools for Fixing a Leaky Shut-Off Valve:
– adjustable wrench
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Thank you for all your how-to videos; they make a lot of problems easy to fix. THANX!
Thank you Thank you so much! It worked! I used sealing tape. No longer leaking.
I loved this video and the hug at the end!
"I'm not feeling it" She said
Seems like there'll never be enough packing to stop my shower handle from that type of leak. And if I try to really jam a lot, the handle becomes too difficult to turn and I'm worried it'll cause the entire thing to unscrew from the pipe. Any advice?
I was under my house, crawl space. Just replaced a heating element on my fatboy water heater. The element wrench had slipped during the process, jamming my hand on the drain valve, swelling my knuckles almost instantly. So the frustration level was high. Turned on the water and the valve started streaming water. Not a good feeling. I found this video on my phone while laying there at a loss. Went into my tool bag, found the teflon, and my adjustable wrench. Called my wife who was walking around above and, had her shut off the water supply. Replaced the washer with the teflon and tightened the valve up. Boom, problem solved. Thank you so much. Avid watcher of "This Old House", thanks dad.
I would have cut it off and put a ball valve in
My exact problem, thx so much
Happy New Year!
Please advise how do you stop the leaky main water valve. I have put a piece of teflon tape but this has not stopped leaking. Thanks.
I just want a temp fix…as I understand that this has to be replaced in the long term…This can only be done after coordinating with the City.
Can't you just use plumber's tape?
I think the builder should have created a smaller space for that water heater. There is just too much access.
super helpful – great instructor!
Teaching a woman how to do maintenance things is like walking on shards of glass
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Totally fixed my problem in 15 minutes. Saved me hours of hassle when I thought I needed to replace the whole valve. Some YouTube videos have you pull the whole handle (mine is stuck), so I was happy to see I could re-pack just by removing the "bonnet." Thanks Richard.
Thank you This Old House!
The flirting is strong in this video…
Well, this saved me a couple hundred bucks. Thank you, internet.
Thank you. Water valve started leaking Friday but thanks to your tutorial I was able to fix it and put away the bucket.
please can you help me to fix a leak from delta 1400 series bathtub spout
I'm gonna try this!!! I hope it works!!
Amazing what a little packing can do.
What about if it's the MAIN water valve that has a slight leak?
Thanks!! Valve fixed!!
Great! Now, let's talk about the IDIOT who stuck a water heater back in that practically inaccessible cubbyhole!