This stupid sink

[conuly]

I can't fix the drippy faucet until I turn the water off. THE WATER REFUSES TO TURN OFF. I found the cut-off, but it won't turn, and I'm starting to worry about breaking it there, which would be worse. How bad an idea is it to just turn off the water to the entire house to replace that one leaky washer?

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Comments

[goss]

THE WATER REFUSES TO TURN OFF...How bad an idea is it to just turn off the water to the entire house to replace that one leaky washer?

Ha. OMG, we ended up having to do exactly that just this morning. Problem solved.

[conuly]

Gonna try it Monday, then! Worse comes to worst, we end up calling a plumber. TBF, we'll have to do that if I don't fix this anyway.

[mama_kestrel]

I've turned the water off to fix a single washer. Worked out fine.

[adafrog]

That's pretty much the only option in my house, so I've had it shut off several times.

[the_rck]

I suggest getting someone in to look at the cut-off, too. If it's sticking like that, it likely will break later on. At least if you get someone in before it breaks, you can schedule the inconvenience.

And shutting off water to the house to fix the faucet seems reasonable to me. As long as you can plan for it.

[conuly]

Oh, trust me, it's on my plumbing list.

It could be worse.

[pink_halen]

I live in a twenty story high rise. It was built with the the plumbing running from top to bottom. All the kitchen sinks are connected to one line. All the bathrooms on another. There are gate valves at the top and bottom of each run but they are afraid to use them because they might break. So . . . once a month the entire building is shut down to allow plumbers to work. Of course they have to wait until the water drains down below the unit they are working on. There is no individual shut offs for each apartment. If you are lucky you have a valve before the sink but like your problem It may not work.

Re: It could be worse.

[conuly]

Ouch.

Re: It could be worse.

[dewline]

Now that reads as being Just Plain Horrific.

Re: It could be worse.

[thewayne]

Man, makes my condo look easy! Our condos were built in blocks of four, and each block had two water inputs, so to service the water in any one, you had to shut off all four. Which meant that the HOA couldn't restrict the water in any one for failure to pay dues.

[randomdreams]

I shut down the house supply to fix stuff all the time. As long as that valve's reliable, you're set. (Valves are a little weird: if you use them all the time they wear out but if you never use them they seize from mineralization.)

[malada]

Depending on how stuck it is a few shots of WD-40 can loosen it up.

Just don't force it. If it still doesn't move it's plumber time.

-m

[conuly]

DEFINITELY not forcing it.

[zyzyly]

I've shut off my main water supply a number of times to fix things. Never had any problems. I like the idea that someone else said--hit it with some WD40 first.

[conuly]

Tried. No luck.

[thewayne]

There are different kinds of WD-40, make sure the one you get says 'penetrates rust'. You can also ask for penetrating oil.

[conuly]

Ohhhhhhh.

[polydad.livejournal.com]

While you've got the house water turned off, fix the cut-off, too.