How To Shut Off Water When You Find A Leak

Rob Carrillo • Jan 17, 2020

Shutting off water when you find a leak in the home.

Join Nick Haggerty of Century 21 Haggerty Property Management  as he walks you through what to do when you find a leak in your home. He will show you where to locate the shut off valve of the main water line so that you can shut off water to the whole house. Typically the valve will be located at the beginning of your water main, at the boundary line of your property and the street or sidewalk. Find the ground-level metal or plastic utility box trap door (looks like a small manhole cover) located at ground level. This is necessary when there is a leak that you cannot find, cannot access or cannot stop.

In some instances, you might have a leak that you can isolate at the source. Nick will show you how to go to that source and find the shut off valve, this will allow you to stop the leak there while having water still running throughout the house. For example you might have a leak in the bathroom sink, watch as you are shown how to just shut off that bathroom sink water line.

Water gushing uncontrollably through your house is hazardous, unsafe, and will quickly cause major flood damage to your home's interior. As long as that water is coming from your home's own water supply, and not from outside sources, you can and should shut it down very fast..

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