How to Fix Stuck Bathroom Water Toilet Shutoff Valve? Repair without Replacing it- SECRET FIX

DIY for stuck shutoff valve bathroom, toilet kitchen brass craft type shut off valve that won't budge then this is for you. Get that valve unstuck without replacing or breaking it.

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[justice-jbld]

Nice to see a helpful video without annoying music, thank you!

[HardRockinJohnny]

Oh my gosh.It worked. Fantastic. I was told by two people one guy that worked at Lowe's and one in home Depot that there was nothing I could do I would have to get a plumber. So grateful.

[joybee]

I'm a 64 year old woman and was determined to follow your instructions and get this done, my valve is really stuck. I'm afraid it's going to be expensive. Well I put a bunch of CLR on it over night. Then I started to follow your directions with hot water and WD-40. I also banged on the pipe a bunch to help loosen the crud. Little by little, back and forth, WD-40, then more hot water, more banging and more WD-40, it finally WORKED. It's now moving freely and I saved myself hundreds of dollars. Thank you so so so much!

[RoseMary-befc]

Thank you so much. I am a 69 y/o woman visiting friends for a week and your video allowed me to be the hero!

[ginfraunfelder]

I can not believe that this actually worked ! The valve has been frozen for a number of years!
Thanks for that awesome tip

[kenpachi]

Oh my gosh it worked!! The plumber can’t come for a couple of days, but the tank keeps running. And I have been needing to get it off so we can stop it from running. I didn’t have wd40 so I used olive oil instead. And it worked!! Thank you so much!!

[lukecage]

I gotta give props. I tried this advice this morning…and it worked. Thank you.

I have to admit, I tried to move the handle after about 30 minutes. It didn’t work. I said, “Well that was a bunch of useless info.” About 30 minutes later I was about to go turn off the main supply and tried the valve again. And it worked.

Moral of the story: Follow the steps and give it time. Mine took about an hour to finally come free.

[davedoublebarrel]

just followed those steps on a shutoff valve that hadn't been closed in over 30 years. It worked perfectly!!! Had to work on a toilet water tank, and has been struggling for over a week to get the valve to shutoff the water. This video saved me a lot of @#@%@# and a nice piece of change also.

[krindenow]

Wow! Its 1am and my toilet was leaking. Valve has been stuck for at least 3 years. Desperate to not have to call the plumber, I followed these directions to a T. Soaked the sock in boiling water, laid it on the valve, left it for 10 min. Then sprayed the valve with WD40. Left it for another 5 min. Started working the valve clock and counterclockwise. After about 5 min of working it, it finally shut off! Thank you!!!

[ddrrdd]

Very helpful video, thanks for posting. It took a couple of tries of alternating between hot wrap and WD-40, but I was eventually able to close the valve without spraying water all of my bathroom. Big thumbs up!

[bstjohnson]

This was the best information to learn on how to fix a stuck shutoff valve under my kitchen sink. I followed as directed and it worked like a dream! I was able to replace a leaking hose on my side water sprayer. So simple when I was able to free my stuck valve. You saved me a visit from a plumber. So very grateful for your video. I will turn my shut off valves two times a year now so they will not get stuck. 5⭐’s

[DanielDAntoni]

This video saved me $150 just in parts to replace 3 bathroom sinks at my home due to hard water. Life saver! Greatly appreciated 🙏

[jaimeruiz]

It worked beautifully. I looked at several videos and yours was the best orderly, logical, and clear. I did do 3 iterations of the hot sock, wait 5, WD40, wait 15, and rock the valve back and forth. I did also loosen up the nut to relief water pressure. On every iteration the valve closed more and more, until it moved all the way after the third go around. Congratulations on a well constructed video. My thanks

[TubeOfLaughes]

This is exactly what I needed! Thank you so much for posting this! If the valve is really stuck it might take several cycles to get it loose. I had to repeat the whole process about 3 times and left the wd-40 on for a few hours but eventually the valve gave way. After that I turned the valve on and off a couple times while coating it with more wd-40 so the lubricant would also lube the insides of the valve as I twisted it open and shut.

[dmkvdoes]

Great advice, worked out brilliantly today. Completely frozen, no movement. Had to be 15 years since I touched it. Need to grab it with groove joint players to get a little movement and then worked itself loose. Toilet fixed no more running water. Thank You!

[tweetyberman]

I hadn't touched the valve in years and it was completely stuck. But just by following your clear and helpful tips 3 times it came loose and now I can try to fix the toilet leak without wasting water! The only thing I did slightly differently was to wrap the hot sock around the valve. The way you gradually turned that valve (as if it was stuck) was really something! Thanks so much for your help and keep up the good work!

[teodoradubon]

THANK YOU!!!! This helped me out alot! And saved me alot of money! I was freaking out because I asked in YELP for estimates to fix the valve for the fridge and it was about $375 NOT including the drywall that they said they needed to take out and so on! NOW MY VALVE WORKS! THANK YOU THANK

[digger]

Really enjoy your videos because you get to the point and offer the solution without making your video a 20 minute plus production. In my case, my wife noticed a leak on the floor. I felt a wet valve, continued to feel up to the valve and hose fitting and then, up the hose to the nut. All were in a fairly straight line one above the other and all were wet. I stopped there but should have continued as I think my problem was a loose flatter nut that holds the assembly in the reservoir. If I would have checked this I would have saved a lot of work taking everything apart, checking, putting pipe dope back on and re-assembling because everything was in good shape. It was then that I discovered the flat nut on the bottom of the reservoir wasn't tightly fastened. I tightened it and everything works now. Thought I went to the top but didn't go far enough! Thanks for your great videos.

[mfcoffee]

The knob on my broke off, and it was so old I didn't even SEE that I could use a screwdriver. This literally helped me fix my problem of my toilet not filling up. Thank you!

[ADVENT_MarkPtak]

This worked like a charm on my HOT bathroom sink shutoff valve. For me it took 2 washcloths soaked w/ boiling water (15 min each), and a little WD40 & elbow grease after that....and boom. Thanks for the tip!