2006-09-04 02:25:52 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
You'll have to turn off the water if there isn't a shutoff. The best way to make the time short is to install a cutoff. This only takes a few minutes to do. Go down to your local hardware store and get the cutoff for your size pipe and some Teflon tape. Go back to your house and turn off the water. Then bleed off the pressure in the line and remove the vanity connection, apply the Teflon tape to the pipe (to provide a good seal) and screw the cutoff on. Tighten the cutoff with a pair of pliers and turn the water back on, check for leaks, and you will have all the time you want to install a new vanity and still have water to the rest of the house.
2006-09-04 02:39:08 · answer #1 · answered by opie with an attitude 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If there is a union or coupling in the supply pipes, you could install a temporary stop valve or cap. If there isn't a union or coupling the job is much more complicated. Turn the supply water off to the whole house. At the sink and vanity, disconnect the hot and cold supply lines to the faucet at the pipe. Cap the hot and cold pipe with a pipe cap, usually 1/2" pipe. After installing the caps (plugs) you should be able to turn the water back on - be sure to check for leaks - and have water in the remainder of the house.
2006-09-04 09:42:57 · answer #2 · answered by jack w 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Weren't there a set of valves on the water supply lines under the sink? If you turn them off you can use the water in the rest of your house normally. If they are not there go to your local hardware store and get a set of valves. They aren't very expensive. If you are taking it out permanently put caps on. You can get screw-on or solder on. Ask at the hardware store. They will steer you in the right direction.
2006-09-04 09:35:21 · answer #3 · answered by spudfarmer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can get a kit, which consists of a bag which goes around a pipe and a spraycan of coolant. It will freeze the water in the pipe, blocking the flow. You can then cut the pipe and install an inline stopcock (one of the little ones that operate with a screwdriver). They are called pipe freezers
2006-09-04 09:39:58 · answer #4 · answered by James 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
without a shut off valve you cannot change out the sink and vanity.You have to shut off all the water to the house and let it drain by opening the tub or other faucets
2006-09-04 09:34:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need one of two things. You need a shutoff, or a cap. When I ripped my bathroom apart, I used caps because I was not ready to put valves on before sheetrock. The caps sweat on, and you'll have to sweat them off again once sheetrock is up, and you are ready to install the shutoff valve.
2006-09-04 09:33:44 · answer #6 · answered by detecting_it 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no you need a shut off valve so you can turn on the main valve
2006-09-04 09:30:43 · answer #7 · answered by raymondj_c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that has no what? shut off valve? not sure.
2006-09-04 09:28:57 · answer #8 · answered by couchP56 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cap the lines. Duh.
2006-09-05 19:02:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋