I'm ripping out my bathroom and have gotten to the shower area. My shower drips a bit and I want to turn the water off completely to these showers. Is there typically a shut off value behind the wall? Or do I have to kill the supply to the whole house?
Thanks!
2006-11-04 05:12:32 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
It is not common to have individual shutoffs for showers. You will probably have to shut the whole house down.
You can add valves after you drain the house so you can shut off the shower while working on the bathroom. Then they'll always be there. Put them in a convenient location and don't conceal them in the wall.
2006-11-04 05:18:29 · answer #1 · answered by Obsean 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that is totally trouble-free. As you employ warm water, your water heater provides chilly water, from the main water pipe, to its tank, and starts off heating it. It takes time to warmth it. it won't be able to maintain up along with your utilization. The chilly water extra lowers the temperature of the water interior the water heater tank. maximum water warmers will catch up some one million/2 hour or hour once you provide up utilising the nice and snug water. The issues that make the water on the bathe get chilly quicker are a smaller water heater tank, a decrease means water heater, less warm water coming from the main water pipe, and sediment interior the water heater tank, which desires to be wiped sparkling out as quickly as each and every couple of years. to bathe it out, turn off the water heater gas or electrical energy, connect a hose to the opening on the backside and open the valve there, with the hose working outdoors and downhill or to a drain, and enable it run till it runs sparkling. you ought to choose an adaptor for the hose, which could be attainable at domicile Depot or Lowes or some such place. be cautious that if the hose would not in good shape nicely, that is in all possibility to leak, which could or ought to no longer be a issue counting on the place the water heater is.
2016-12-17 04:11:08 · answer #2 · answered by melita 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most houses do have a supply shut off but, you also may have to kill it to the house. Get everything ready and just do it.
2006-11-04 05:15:39 · answer #3 · answered by cowboydoc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
shut off water to whole house
2006-11-04 05:44:20 · answer #4 · answered by knowitall 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
EVERY situation is differant.... it depends on how cheap the plumber was who put in the system... but either way once you find it.....add as many new valves as you can while its off to help you later on if you plan on living there
2006-11-04 07:32:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋