My shutoff valve(in the basement) to the outdoor faucet is seized.It is in fully closed position but still water flows freely from outside tap. Now I cannot loosen it too!!!
Am not much of a plumber and do not have much experience
I was thinking of instead of trying to replace or fix the existing crappy valve from the builder I should add another valve which controls the water flow.
The current valve is soldered on 1 side and attached on the other side to a plastic tube (which runs towards the main water valve).
Can I just cut the plastic tube and add a snap-on valve available @ HD to shut On/Off the water flow?
Something like this:
Watts - Quick Connect Straight Valve 1/2 In. x 3/8 In. CTS - 0959278 - Home Depot Canada
The current crappy valve would now just act as a pipe
Has anyone done this or can anyone recommend if this can be done? Or can anyone give me a better idea?????? Last thing I want to do is open the current valve by cutting the soldered pipe/valve area and than run into trouble of re-doing it
Am not much of a plumber and do not have much experience
I was thinking of instead of trying to replace or fix the existing crappy valve from the builder I should add another valve which controls the water flow.
The current valve is soldered on 1 side and attached on the other side to a plastic tube (which runs towards the main water valve).
Can I just cut the plastic tube and add a snap-on valve available @ HD to shut On/Off the water flow?
Something like this:
Watts - Quick Connect Straight Valve 1/2 In. x 3/8 In. CTS - 0959278 - Home Depot Canada
The current crappy valve would now just act as a pipe
Has anyone done this or can anyone recommend if this can be done? Or can anyone give me a better idea?????? Last thing I want to do is open the current valve by cutting the soldered pipe/valve area and than run into trouble of re-doing it