I have an old laundry tub (house built in 1964) in the basement that the washer drains into. The faucet has developed a streaming leak that will not stop unless I turn off the entire water supply to house. So, I only turn on the water for showers, dishwasher, etc... then turn our water off again. There is a turn-off valve for the laundry tub/washer, but turning it off does not stop the leak. Am I doing any damage by turning the main water supply off and on again?

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Originally Posted by cluelessmom

Am I doing any damage by turning the main water supply off and on again?

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You could be IF the shutoff is an older style shutoff... may not turn back on for you one of these times... ;) That could be a very costly issue for you!

Call a plumber in to fix the leaky faucet... usually a pretty quick fix in most cases.

Mark

Thank you very much!