mcat
New Member
Hello everyone,
I need to shut off the main line in my house, the old school gate style twist knob shut off valves, hopefully will hold, so I can fix a cracked solder joint in a T that is the result of my installing a new gas hot water heater last night. The leak is around 1 or 2 drops in an 8 hour period but it still needs to be fixed.
Unfortunately the way the way the lines are setup the T coming off the 3/4 main reduces to a 1/2 and then splits into one for the forced hot water heater and the other that goes into the new hot water heater I purchased.
I'm going to have to shut off the lines and then cut into the pipe and catch all the water, what fun, then install a new valve so I can turn the water back on and then work on the section that is leaking.
My only concern is the forced hot water system, weil mclain. I've read so many conflicting reports of do this/don't do that I'm a bit concerned myself. I'm thinking that for the hour or so that I have to do this, the system will be fine on it's own, no need to shut off the gas or anything just let it keep doing it's thing.
There is another gate valve I could shut off before it goes into the boiler which would make it easier to bleed out any air that ultimately makes its way into the system, but that may just be alleviated by cracking open a faucet.
For a hot water system like this, think it'd be ok? The gas hot water heater I would assume I will need to stop the pilot light and shut the gas off while I work on the line as well.
I need to shut off the main line in my house, the old school gate style twist knob shut off valves, hopefully will hold, so I can fix a cracked solder joint in a T that is the result of my installing a new gas hot water heater last night. The leak is around 1 or 2 drops in an 8 hour period but it still needs to be fixed.
Unfortunately the way the way the lines are setup the T coming off the 3/4 main reduces to a 1/2 and then splits into one for the forced hot water heater and the other that goes into the new hot water heater I purchased.
I'm going to have to shut off the lines and then cut into the pipe and catch all the water, what fun, then install a new valve so I can turn the water back on and then work on the section that is leaking.
My only concern is the forced hot water system, weil mclain. I've read so many conflicting reports of do this/don't do that I'm a bit concerned myself. I'm thinking that for the hour or so that I have to do this, the system will be fine on it's own, no need to shut off the gas or anything just let it keep doing it's thing.
There is another gate valve I could shut off before it goes into the boiler which would make it easier to bleed out any air that ultimately makes its way into the system, but that may just be alleviated by cracking open a faucet.
For a hot water system like this, think it'd be ok? The gas hot water heater I would assume I will need to stop the pilot light and shut the gas off while I work on the line as well.