Here in New Zealand, the road toby [[curb shut-off valve] is easy to get at and
can be turned off by
the householder.
Jewel C
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Howell" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 6:49 AM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Shark Bite Inline Valves
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: [email protected]
> Tel: (412) 268-9081
>
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