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Don’t wait for a plumbing emergency! Learn to turn off your home’s water supply now with this guide to a potentially money-saving dry run.

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Chances are there’ll come a time when you’ll have to turn off the water supply in your home. You may need to do so for a scheduled plumbing repair or before leaving on a long trip. Then there are the emergency situations—such as when a pipe bursts somewhere behind the drywall or your bathroom is flooded with water—at which point there’s often very little time to react. What’s more, closing and re-opening the valves periodically will prevent them from getting stuck in place and allow you to inspect them for corrosion or broken connections.

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So it makes sense to familiarize yourself now with how to turn off the water supply (and educate family members as well) to make regular maintenance easier and even save hundreds or even thousands of dollars of repair costs in a worst-case scenario.

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As there’s no one exact place in every house where water supply valves are located, either, it could take some time to find them—time that you won’t have if water is rapidly soaking through the second-floor ceiling. So we’ve shared tips on how to turn off water to the entire house or just to specific fixtures and appliances, as needed. Learn the basics of both and you’ll be prepared for whatever plumbing predicament may arise.

Turn off your home’s main water supply.

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Here’s how to switch off the water main shutoff valve.

STEP 1: Locate the valve.

The water main shutoff valve could be in a number of places, depending on the age of your home and the climate of your location. The knob will either be a gate valve, which looks like a circular spigot, or a ball valve, which has a lever-style handle.

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Look in these areas:

  • Inside the house. Water supply pipes from the city typically run from the street side of your house to the indoors. So check out utility areas—such as the garage, laundry room, or basement—along exterior walls facing the street. A likely place to start looking is near your water heater. In a basement, the pipe will likely be at eye level; on main floors, it will often be located lower down.
  • Outdoors on an exterior wall. In some warmer climates, the shutoff valve may be located outside the home on an exterior wall. Start looking for it near your outdoor faucet.
  • Outdoors buried near the street. If you can’t find the valve in or around the house, it’s time to hit the street. There’s usually a water supply shutoff valve next to your water meter outside where the city can easily turn on or off your water. It will likely be below an access panel buried in the ground, near the street. The access panel may require a special tool called a meter key (sold at most hardware stores) to remove the cover. There may be two valves, one for the homeowner (on the side of the water meter closest to the house) and one for the city (on the side of the water meter closest to the street). Or there may just be one valve, for the city’s use. It may not be permitted for homeowners to use this valve, so contact your water utility company to check.

STEP 2: Turn off the water.

To turn the water supply off, give a gate valve a few turns clockwise until you can’t turn it any longer. For ball valves, turn the lever clockwise 90 degrees.

STEP 3: Run the taps.

Relieve the pressure in the pipes by draining the water that’s already in them. Turn on a sink located in the lowest level of your home, so water in the pipes from the floors above drain all the way down. Make sure to open both the hot and cold taps and run them until they empty fully.

STEP 4: Turn the water back on.

Once repairs are complete, turn the water back on by twisting the valve counter-clockwise. To ensure that it’s back in good working order, turn on a faucet and allow a few minutes for the water to reach it.

Bonus tip: Label the valve for the next time it is needed, putting arrows that indicate which way to turn in order to shut off and turn on the water.

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Or, turn off the water supply to specific fixtures as needed.

If there’s just one fixture in your home that is malfunctioning, you may be able to turn off the water to that particular spot. That way, you can continue to use the plumbing in the rest of the house while addressing the problem. Appliances and fixtures like dishwashers, refrigerators, washing machines, toilets, and sinks usually have their own individual shutoff valves that are helpful in times of repairs. Look for a small round or oval knob near the appliance or fixture, usually attached to flexible tubing, which you can turn clockwise to stop the water flow.

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1. verb To disable, disconnect, or stop the function of something. A noun or pronoun can be used between 'turn' and 'off.' I forgot to turn off my laptop, and now the battery is dead.Please turn the water off when you're done brushing your teeth.
2. verb To steer a vehicle or walk off of a particular path or route. You're going to turn off at the next exit.We turned off the main path and started hiking around the edge of the lake.
3. verb To cause someone to dislike, become averse to, or lose interest in something. A noun or pronoun can be used between 'turn' and 'off.' Sometimes followed by 'to (something).' I thought the subject would be interesting, but the professor's boring lectures really turned me off.I know that the accident really turned Janet off to driving on the highway.
4. verb To cause someone to lose sexual interest or excitement. A noun or pronoun can be used between 'turn' and 'off.' Nothing turns me off like someone who is arrogant.I think he was turned off by her many tattoos.Sorry, knowing your roommates are home kind of turns me off.
5. noun Something that causes someone to lose sexual interest or excitement. As a noun, the phrase is usually hyphenated. It's a big turn-off when a guy just talks about himself.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2015 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.

turn someone off

to dull someone's interest in someone or something. The boring prof turned me off to the subject. The preacher set out to turn off the congregation to sin.

turn something off

to switch something off so that it stops running or operating. Please turn the light off. Turn off the lights as you leave.

turn off (something)(some place)

to walk or steer one's vehicle off a route at a particular place. Turn off the highway at the first exit after the city. Let's turn off here. We turned off the path just past the big oak tree.

turn off something

to walk or turn a vehicle one way or another so that one leaves the road or route to another. You are supposed to turn off the highway at the yellow mailbox.

turn off

(something) onto something to walk or steer one's vehicle from one route to another. I turned off the main highway onto a side road. Ann turned off onto the shoulder.

turn off

[for something] to go off; to switch off. All the lights turn off automatically.

turned off

uninterested. I'm sort of turned off to stuff like that these days. Part of getting older, I guess. I can't pay attention if I'm turned off, now can I?
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

turn off

1. Stop the operation, activity, or flow of; shut off, as in Turn off the lights when you leave. [Mid-1800s]
2. Affect with dislike, revulsion, or boredom; cause to lose interest. For example, That vulgar comedian turned us off completely, or The movie was all right for an hour or so, but then I was turned off. [Slang; mid-1900s]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

turn off

v.
1. To leave some course or direction: Turn off at the next exit.

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2. To stop the operation, activity, or flow of something: She turned off the television. He turned the radio off.
3. Slang To affect someone with dislike, displeasure, or revulsion: That song really turns me off. The editorial turned off many readers.
4. Slang To affect someone with boredom: The boring lecture turned off the class. The movie turned the audience off.
5. Slangturn off to To lose interest in something: My family turned off to boating once we started swimming more.
6. Slangturn off to To cause someone to lose interest in something: Breaking my leg turned me off to skiing. I looked forward to going to the beach, but after seeing all the drunk college students there, I got really turned off.
7. Slang To cease paying attention: Whenever you don't like what I say, you just turn off.
8. Slang To cause someone to lose sexual interest: Pickup lines turn me off. His rude behavior turned off everyone he tried to pick up.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs. Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

turn someone off

tv. to dull someone’s interest in someone or something. The preacher set out to turn off the congregation to sin.

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mod. uninterested. I’m sort of turned off to stuff like that these days. Part of getting older, I guess.

turn-off

n. something that repels someone. The movie was a turn-off. I couldn’t stand it.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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