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You Need a Thneed · 01-10-2015, 12:13 AM

Call up a plumber, get a real valve installed. Don't get one of the needle valves that just clamps on. If you ever have a problem, you now have a hole in your pipe. It should take the plumber about 10 minutes.

I just had a plumber replace the needle valve in my house, that the previous owner must have installed, because it wasn't working, and I couldn't shut it off.

Lucky for me, because this valve wasn't working, I also discovered that my main shutoff valve wasn't working. Don't want to find out that that valve isn't working when you have a real emergency.

01-10-2015, 12:13 AM	#285
You Need a Thneed Voted for Kodos Join Date: Dec 2007 Exp:	Call up a plumber, get a real valve installed. Don't get one of the needle valves that just clamps on. If you ever have a problem, you now have a hole in your pipe. It should take the plumber about 10 minutes. I just had a plumber replace the needle valve in my house, that the previous owner must have installed, because it wasn't working, and I couldn't shut it off. Lucky for me, because this valve wasn't working, I also discovered that my main shutoff valve wasn't working. Don't want to find out that that valve isn't working when you have a real emergency. __________________ My LinkedIn Profile. Last edited by You Need a Thneed; 01-10-2015 at 12:17 AM.