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Originally Posted by onetwo_threefour
If you can't get at the valve try using a flat bladed screwdriver to pop the cover off the faucet handles (assuming you have a separate hot and cold faucet and they are just rotating handles) Behind the cover should be a screw and you should be able to tighten it down enough to turn off the water if the faucet handles are just spinning on the spindles. Either that or take the screws out, pull the faucet handles off and use a pair of pliers or a wrench to turn the faucets off.
If you have a single handle, there may be a screw behind the handle or a set screw on the side, but usually the set screw requires an allan key to loosen. The poiont is, if you can get the handle(s) off you should be able to manually turn the water off.
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So an update,
After pushing in the wrong direction at the valves (yes found both), I pulled them down and got them as close to a 90 degree angle as possible.
So I thought that would do the trick, it's helped but it doesn't seem like the water is shut off completely yet...any ideas?
I'll attach pics of the valve, but basically as I mentioned I got the valves to as close to as 90 degrees as possible in terms of pulling the lever down. The water flow has considerably lessened, however there is still water coming out of the shower, and if I try running the kitchen or bathroom taps they still work too. Seems like the hot water comes out moreso than when it's on the cold setting, so maybe it's the hot water pipe that hasn't closed fully?
Any ideas here on how to close it fully, really at my wits end here tried really hard to pull it down as much as possible at this point I feel like anymore pulling and it's just bending the lever handle itself.
Also I swear depending on if I'm on the hot water/cold water setting on my taps I hear hissing coming from one of the pipes above now that I've shut off the valves, what could that be?
Is this a timing thing, I don't think so because it's been 20-30 minutes now and the water is still running even though at a lesser pace.
Any help would be appreciated guys, thanks!
As an aside, I'm running all my taps now to lessen the water coming from the bathroom faucet...