I want to replace the faucet in my 1970s house but I'm scared of touching the shut off valves because I have touched valves in newer homes and they started to leak. How would you proceed
>>3006423>How would you proceedhope for the bestexpect the worst at least theyre stubbed far enough out of the wall to replace id personally just shut the house feed main off and not touch those valves
So the funny thing with nuts and bolts is a piercing valve for your ice maker I assumeYou have two or three options anon, none of them are super easy but the good news is once you fix it you'll be set for probably another 30 or 40 years at least.1) Replace just the valves, they're likely soldered on given the age but I have no idea. Find out, if soldered you'd want to use a propane torch with a heat proof blanket protecting the wall. Melt solder and pull em off. Replace the piercing valve with another piercing valve, obviously shut off all the water before doing any of this. Use either compression, sharkbite or solder a new one if you're really feeling adventurous 2) This time cut the pipe before the pierce hole and again, use compression/sharkbite/solder, but get a shut off valve with a 2nd water outlet. Reduce it down to 1/4 for the water lineDid I miss anything plumbing anons
>>3006427or just turn off the main
If they start to leak then they'll need replacing anyways. Installing a new faucet is the perfect time to see how well they work. I think you're being a bit too paranoid, they're not going to blast off and flood your house.
>>3006432Sure that works too, but why not have functioning valves under the sink? You could fix this in like an hour with a pipe cutter.
>>3006427>>3006424Thanks
>>3006423locate main, and associated shutoff for the whole house.Shut off water.Replace service valves.Replace faucet.Turn water back on.
>>3006449This
>>3006423Turn off main and replace the valves with 1/4 turn stops.
>>3006423Put a drop of sewing machine oil on them a day before you try to turn them. You want to oil on the stem of the handles, so it will get down into the gasket that you can't really see. Jiggle them gently at first, and let them come free gently.
>>3006423step 1: locate main shut-off so that you know where it's located in case of leakstep 2: close valves under sink, change faucetstep 3: open valves. done99.99% they won't leak so preemptively changing is a retarded waste of time imo
>>3006423shut off the house's water main, drain lines by opening faucets and flushing, replace your two corroded shut off valves, replace the faucet, clear silicone around seams if you're into itYou need two wrenches to tighten the compression fittings on the valves. One crescent and one channel lock work fine. I don't believe there are any couplings with that or a faucet that will require thread tape/thread compound but either of those is always good to have on hand when entering plumbing adventures.
I once had the main shutoff start leaking, we had to switch off the breaker to the well pump and drain like 40 gallons of water from the house.
>>3006449this but dont forget the bucket to hold the extra water that comes out when you thread that valve off or you'll be sorry
