jtrabadela
New Member
I'm looking to replace the main water shut off in my home with a full port ball valve since the valve I have now is leaking a little bit from the packing and the wheel to shut it off broke off. I still have the shut off at the meter but it requires a wrench and in case of an emergency I would like my wife or daughter to be able to shut it off easily. My problem is the copper coming out of the slab is curved like an "s" and I'm having a tough time find a place I can cut where it is straight. I feel like I may have to cut and bend the pipe and re round...unless there are any other ideas out there. I can sweat pipes or I could use compression, please let me know what you feel would be best. I attached a couple pictures, let me know what your pipe layout would look like. Any opinions would be great.