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thanks a lot to every one for your help- I do have the double valve on washer suply's line, but I figured out turning water off alltogether will be ven safer and will prevent other potential problems as well (leaking toilets, etc). After i did spme research on this site I realized that the...

Recently I heard a story that someone's washer lines broke while the family was on vacation and their basement got flooded, so I decided to close main shut-off valve in my garage - has a red handle on it. When I started turning it clockwise some water started to go through the packing nut -when...