Hi Dan, I know where the curb shutoff is, but I understand a special tool is required to turn off the water. What I can't recall is how to repack the valve without having the water off. My hope is to fix this once and for all so I can reduce the massive hole in the wall where the meter and valves are. This sucker is about 3 or so feet across and 2 feet high. My wife wants the hole reduced to something more reasonable so replacing the valves may result in a plumber coming in either way. Well I think they should never allow gate valves to be installed. grin
thanks, On Mar 8, 2010, at 7:54 AM, Dan Rossi wrote: > Scott, > > I had the same issue, where my main shut-off was leaking slightly. I > tried to get it changed, but ended up not being able to. I wasn't going > to touch it myself, an 80 year old valve and pipe, no way. So I got a > plumber. Unfortunately, the plumber was unable to get the curb box valve > shut off. We compromised and shut-off the main valve, put a better > shut-off valve inside of the old one, then opened the old valve and > tightened it up and packed it so that it wouldn't leak, and never has to > be touched again. > > You can save yourself some aggravation if you find the curb box yourself. > It took me a couple of days of looking and probing. Somehow, the water > company was able to shut it off, but the plumber who showed up later > couldn't. > > -- > Blue skies. > Dan Rossi > Carnegie Mellon University. > E-Mail: d...@andrew.cmu.edu > Tel: (412) 268-9081 > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Send any questions regarding list management to: blindhandyman-ow...@yahoogroups.com To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 Or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: blindhandyman-h...@yahoogroups.comyahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: blindhandyman-dig...@yahoogroups.com blindhandyman-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: blindhandyman-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
