How Do I Turn Off the Water Main Supply to My House?

Need to turn the water main supply to your house off quickly? Here's a quick tip for you homeowners out there. Knowing how to turn off the water to the house can save you a lot of money in damage and water wasted!

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Thanks for watching! I'm Roger Wakefield, The Expert Plumber, and welcome to my channel. On this channel, it's ALL about plumbing. We play games, we experiment, and we have FUN here, talking and learning about all things plumbing!
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[RogerWakefield]

Did this help you turn off the water to your house? Let me know by leaving a comment!

[abstractbot]

After watching about four of these videos in a row from different sources, Ive determined your content is high quality.
Concise, and well produced.

[lauracardenas]

single mom here and I so very much appreciate this. Now i know what to look for and what to buy!! Thank you so much!

[nicholasmorrish]

Thank you sir, you are a campion and a life saver. Water heater popped, and realized this house is so scaled over, none of the shut off valves either work, or if they do, they broke and started leaking. It's gonna be a long weekend...

[matildatran]

Hello Rodger, it’s very cold out today and one of my pipes busted so I called the city and they took awhile to get here. I couldn’t wait any longer so I quickly came to YouTube and clicked on this video. This helped me so much thanks so much !

[karahyland]

I really appreciated this video at midnight as my pipe seemed to cause a geyser in my front yard. Thank you for creating it!! It was easy to follow, even for a tired person wearing PJs and shutting off the water by flashlight.

[kdesignstudios]

I was today years old when I learned how to turn off the water so I could fix a pipe. Thank you!

[DurealRa]

This video is great because you get right to it and give me the information I need at the start, then I stay for the useful context. I just needed this one thing but I'm subscribing now because this video was so good.

[mcnuggets]

Thank you! I hit my sprinkler system pipe and it shot water 10 ft in the air!!! After a panic I looked this up and got the water shut off. Now I'm off to home Depot to fix my mess lol

[odinvolkov]

Thank you my friend. Luckily I was able to shut the water off before any flooding happened. Thanks to you.

[peaceandquiet]

Im here cause of Texas. Sad.

I need to be prepared.

[velascojidon]

Sometimes are covered with grass or in the ground and can be dificult for some people with no experience.but this video is very helpful

[ryanboles]

Thank you for getting to the point at the start and then going into detail after. This helped a ton.

[PrplLzrd]

Thank you! I was able to change an outdoor faucet after years of leaking. I appreciate your clear directions and am excited to be an educated home owner

[KevinBenecke]

Here's something to keep in mind. If you live in the southern states such as Texas where freezing isn't a problem, these shallow boxes aren't a problem. If you live in the northern states where freezing occurs, keep in mind the shut-off valve in the yard is going to be much deeper under a round curb stop shaft. You'll need a special curb key with a long shaft to reach the valve. This is because the water lines in the cold states need to be buried below the frost line to prevent them from freezing. In the colder states it is usually a requirement to have a main shut-off valve inside the house someplace usually near where the water line enters your house in the basement. The curb stops up here are mostly for the water company to turn your water off if you don't pay your water bill. One word of advice. I try to work the valve a couple of times at least once or twice a year to help keep the valve free. You don't want to end up with a leak and have the valve end up being frozen. By turning it closed and back open again, it helps to keep the valve free and movable in the event it does need turned of quickly. My house actually has 2 mains in the basement. The main one and a secondary main right after the meter and pressure reducing valve which I like because if one valve is stuck, I have a second one as a backup.

[arunbenny]

Thank you for taking the time, energy and effort to make this video and explaining the importance of knowing how to do this.

[zippygti]

thank you! My house shutoff valve leaked - had to turn the water off at the street. Valve was buried under 5 inches of mud and roots - dug it out, tried to open it using wrenches, etc. and thought, "There's probably some secret special tool to do this that the water company uses....I'll check YouTube!" - Fantastic! Only thing was the tool at the hardware store was too wide, so I had to pound it with a 10 pound dumbbell so it would fit, but it finally worked.

[scharpmeister]

thankfully I’m not having a water main emergency right now but if I was this is exactly the video id want to watch. Right to the point

[Dachamp]

I think I should move to Texas lol. Here in Pennsylvania it's illegal for homeowners & master plumbers to have meter wrenches. We call them curb keys. Our water meters are in the house that's the only way to shut the water off. Out side we don't have water boxes there's just a valve pop the the cap and stick the curb key in a shut the water completely off.

[BlueCollarBoom]

You might point out, Roger, that in regions with colder climates the water meter is usually inside. I've shown lots of people where there meter is because they didn't even know what it looked like.