Water Heater Cold Water Shut Off Valve

If your tank has two valves find the one which brings in cold water and turn it off.

Water heater cold water shut off valve.

Use tubing cutter to cut. Turn off your cold water supply when working on the hot water tank. Sometimes we see shut off valves at both the hot and cold pipes near the water heater. Extend the overflow pipe with copper tubing down to catch pan.

Solder a second threaded adapter onto the cold water pipe. Screw the flue back onto heater. To shut off a water heater turn off the cold water valve above the water heater. Water tanks should always have a shut off valve on the outlet outside the home.

Reconnect the hot water pipe by soldering on a repair coupling. There is nothing wrong with it but the second shut off at the hot water side is not necessary. There are some instances where you may have to turn off your main water to your house especially in the event of a plumbing emergency. You may wonder how turning off the water could possibly affect your water heater in certain circumstances like if you have a leak or need to repair or replace your water heater you must turn off the water before doing so else you risk a flood.

Purpose of an automatic shut off valve. It gets written up as a defect in the home inspection report. The location of the tank prevents it from building excessive internal pressure. Multi turn shut off valves have a handle that when tightened forces a rubber gasket onto a seat in the middle of the valve that restricts water.

If it is a lever pull it 90 degrees from its open position. Loosening the multi turn handle allows water to flow through the valve. Turn off the cold water supply to a water heater. This may be a lever or a regular circular handle valve.

Even better some types of automatic shut off valves include a disconnect for the power as well which could mean the difference between repairing a leak and replacing your water heater. When a hot water pipe is leaking or if you need to repair or replace a water heater there are shut off valves located near your water heater. Thread the adapter onto the automatic shut off valve. Solder a copper union onto a threaded adapter.

With an automatic shut off valve the leak is detected early and the flow is stopped. What we don t want to see is no shut off valve at all like at the water heater shown below. A cold water inlet valve often identified by a blue handle feeds cold water from the main supply into the water heater. The idea is to have a device in place that can measure small amounts of water and.