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How do I repair or replace water shut off valve to toilet?
Mine has a straight silver metal pipe out of the wall then the angle valve. I've watched videos that had some type of locking? Nut before the angle valve. Mine didn't have that so when I replaced the valve I didn't add one... do I need to because its still dripping?
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Hello Absgirl,
You responded to a 4 years old thread it is closed by now, always check the date on the upper top left corner for the date. Start your own new thread that will have more visibility and the experts will respond to you quickly, also it be nice if you will post a picture of your angle valve it will help, Thanks. John |
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Hi absgid and Welcome to The Plumbing Page. At AskMeHelpDesk.com. You're responding to a 4 year old dead thread so I gave you one of your own. Look in then upper left hand corner of the first post form the date in the first post before you post, Thanks, Does your angle stop look like this? (see image). Back to you, Tom
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Sorry about puttin it in the wrong spot first of all... well yes and no...
The water supply line isn't copper it's a silver metal... lead? It isn't as old as the house but I'm sure it's a good 15-20 yrs old The valve looks like that except wsl had threads and there wasn't a nut before the valve . The guy at the store suggested that I don't need a [compression] nut there... but its drippy right where the valve and pipe meet. |
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Is it dripping at the pipe/valve connection, or at the toilet flex supply? Need to look real close to make sure exactly where the leak is coming from. If at the pipe/valve threads, remove the valve one more time, put a few more wraps of teflon on than you did before (even five or six won't hurt a thing) and retighten. Or you could simply try tightening the valve one more complete turn and that should seal it up. Make sure to use a back up wrench on the pipe while tightening the valve. One more thing. It looks like you used teflon on the flex connector. That's a no no, so make sure it isn't leaking from there. Was it a new flex connector also, or did you reuse the old one? If you reused the old one, I would suggest replacing it with a new one, as many times once the old one is unhooked, the rubber seal is so chewed up it won't seal up again. Let us know what you find. Good luck.
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