Thanks for the tip Brian! On your advise I actually had a shut off valve installed in the basement as my water meeter is on the inside of my house.

People talk to much instead of getting to the point.

In my city, they charge $60 dollars to send a guy out to shut or turn the water on in my condo. A ripoff. We have a lever that I use in the spring when i leave. This year I turned the lever to "off." Some dope came along and turned it "on." My toilet overflowed and caused damage down below. I'm going to get the tool. My box area is extremely restricted for space. Trying to wrench it is difficult. Thanks for your help Brian!

You mean... : *How to turn water back on after the city claimed you didn't pay the bill*

Where I live we don't have a hard freeze very often, it got down to 7 degrees last night. A friend of mine suggested turning off at the meter, and I'm hoping I haven't made a huge mistake, because I just turned the water back on and nothing is happening. Thanks for making this video. Luckily I've had one of those water meter keys for a long time.

Thank you Brian I had to do this last night I forgot where the knob was Man it's cold at night You had save a lot of time before I can stay warm God bless you man and thank you for the advice as well

Thank you, from a Texan about to go through her first freeze as a homeowner. My copper plumbing is making me nervous. Have the curb key hung up right by the garage door just in case!

So easy! Thanks, man! I literally had no idea how to shut it off from the outside!

Thanks man! I I guess the people who disliked the video was scared of spiders. You helped out a lot.

Good advice on opening the meter slowly when turning the water back on. If you do it fast and there is a bad connection or pipe somewhere, you may blow out a pipe and that will be a big problem.

I have the tool that I need but it’s so tight that I couldn’t get the knob to turn at all. Can I spray it with W4D or something to loosen it?

Also handy if the water metric is located 8-12 inches below the ground surface , submerged in muddy water or ice /snow

6-minutes to describe turning a valve on / off. Fair-dos! 😜

I did not know the on/off position of a lockwing curb stop, which is exactly what you had in the video. The bonus info is that I did not realize lining up the holes in the off position was for the placement of a lock. Thank you!

Holy shit ,u just saved my house

Great video, what if the shut off valve is super hard to turn. I can't even get to turn even with a shut off key.

Thanks for this! The city tuned off my water but I was able to turn it back on! Thanks again!!! 😈

Thx..late night raining,was able to turn water on... Used pliers

Thanks wrench worked just fine

Thanks ! That's what I need evidently. Think I'll get one of those rather than use a wrench. What is weird is that there is a valve going into the house here BUT that valve is AFTER the pipe tap that goes to the sprinkler system and front water spigot right out of the ground.

Hi Mr Fix - Who knew there was a "Water Meter Key". Well now I do and I ordered one. Thanks for sharing and continued success. Love PegEgg

Pro tip with the wrench... Tighten it on the valve and then use a screwdriver through the hole on the end of the handle to give yourself more torque. Also useful for when your meter box is much smaller than the one in this video.

This type of arrangement is definitely only in southern locations where it doesn't go below freezing often. In Northern places the city watermain and supply line to the house are buried under the frost line, often 8 feet deep, there is usually a curbstop/valve buried underground at the property line with a stem/spindle that rises up to the surface so the city can turn it off if they need. The supply line goes up into the floor of the basement or foundation and the meter is inside the house and there is supposed to be another valve on the city side of the meter. The curbstop/valve on the property line is rarely used unless the main shutoff in the house is faulty, and often the stem used to turn the curbstop is buried under the lawn and topsoil, so city crews use a pin-finder metal detector to locate them sometimes.

Thank you so much, you have no idea how you’ve helped me today. Sending you a big hug 😘👏👏👏

Top of the Morning to you there, That Fix it Guy! I need your help with a suggestion to use as a key to open/close a water pit lid type X. The meter reader leaves it unlocked and when mowing, I feel a little unsafe at times. So I want to lock it back. Thanks in advance! You're always so helpful. Much appreciated. Rocky in Indiana

I made a shutoff key out of a four foot long piece of 1" schedule 40 pvc pipe.. just cut a notch into one end that fits snug over the shutoff valve's raised grip. I have bad knees so the 4' pvc makes it easy to shutoff without kneeling.

Definitely thanks for the info, I have a 1958 house and I believe the house turn off valve is in a crawl space that is tough to get to. So in an emergency I don't want to be going underneath my house to get between this plenum that I can barely fit into to shut the water off. I definitely want to go to the meter and shut it off there. Understanding that's the city's property and they call it a felony or misdemeanor if you tamper with it. As long as I'm caught up on my bills. And it's an emergency. Think everyone would be okay with using this shut off valve by the meter?

Arrow on valve should be pointing toward the meter - I think - when it is in the on or open position. The water off position is turning it to the left or clockwise position.

FYI those valves at the meter are city property, so if you break them the City (depends on each city) could charge you for the repairs of the angle stop and fine you for messing with it... Unless its an emergency you are better off calling the city if you need your water shut off for repairs and they will turn it on and off for free and you aren't liable if the city breaks it.

Hi Fix-it guy. Thanks for your video. I bought a meter key but the opening at the end of of the key is 3/4 inch wide. The width of the bar on the top of my city shut-off is 5/16 inch wide which is much smaller. It is hard to find meter keys with a smaller width opening at the end of the U-shaped key. Does it matter if when turning the valve it only makes a small amount of contact on the shut off valve in two spots on the ends of the bar valve? I don't want to break the city valve and it hasn't been operated in 16 years. I found one key made by Bully that has a 3/8 inch opening. Would that be better? I don't know why most keys have a 3/4 inch opening? Thanks so much and I would appreciate your insight on this. I live in a rural area and the city has been no help at all.

Thank you! You helped us out tonight! 👍🏼👍🏼

Thanks so much! You saved me.

This is what i've been wanting to know...thanks to this video, it's helpful!

This helped me out, thank you! I didn't have that special tool, but I did have that wrench. It was easy, peasy!

Thanks for this. Very helpful.

Thanks. I'll have better luck with the wrench. What I had to use was a set of wrench sets for a car. I had to use a 15 & 17mm wrench to turn it. Otherwise titanic was saying wassup to the house...

Thank you I didn't know what to do. We had a pipe burst. I didn't know what to do.

LIFE SAVER!!

Very useful . Thanks !

Thank you this helped me a lot

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Thank you brother

Thank you!

Hi..If I need to turn off my water how would I do it? I have the same water meter key but the valve doesn't want to move. Also my valve does not have a loop for the city to lock it. I believe it might be an old style valve. It's just round and it has a T handle up on top to accommodate the key. So do I turn it CW or CCW?

Do I turn it right or left? My water is still running in the house both directions. I’m not sure how many times to turn the switch.

Where I live there is also a special key to take the water meter cover off.

Great video but what if it’s stuck and doesn’t turn at all is that a city issue?

Thanks sir for the video!

Thanks!

Thank You it worked 🤙🏼

Thanks for the useful vidio!

Thank you!!!

Pretty hard to use small hand tool. Yes, use the water meter key. Mine is stuck and hard even with the tool. Guess I need bigger key tool. Any tips? Wd40 on the valve? I'm at a loss.

In addition to the conventional water meter valve I have inline globe valves with the cast circular handles. They get too tight to turn by hand. Is there a tool like a universal socket that grabs that handle and helps torque it loose? These valves are typically in holes below ground so can't really remove the handle and put a wrench on the stem -- no room. Needs a T wrench from above similar to the water meter T handle.

Thank you! You are awesome. V.Kids

Thanks!!

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There are stop tabs but be careful you can break the valve by going past the stop tab. If it isn’t turning either way the tap the top side of the turn valve where the key fits over

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My water meter has the hand wheel so I don't really have to have a tool to turn it off. This place has water leaks often and my landlord expects residents to be vigilant about turning it off and on 🙄 I don't like putting my hand on the meter box especially when it's full of water. What can I use to turn the wheel??

Get the water meter key. My water disaster caused the meter to be buried in a pool of muddy water! No way you could find the shut off with a wrench. In an emergency you want to find it FAST! You're welcome.

is that hole where the city puts a lock on, is that sometimes a screw instead of a lock? because mine seems to have a screw in it which is preventing me from turning the fucker back on

Wish I had known this before having to call a plumber, but at least I can prevent today's mishap again in the future.

Very Good!!!

The house I used to own was on the family farm. There were 2 houses running off the same well, the shut-off to my house was in my dad's basement.

Good to know!

thank you so much!

I was actually looking for the shot off valve today for my business were i work at, this place where I work at has over time has built a new section of the build-in, use to be anther build-in but thay tour it down and used the water meter from that build-in on the new side of the build-in. The new side has the current water meter, but i found out we have 2 Water Meters at my job, the one water meter i found does not have a shot off valve, not one i can see, but it looks old and outdated from the other water meter. Will it cost anything to replace it with the current one for the business we're i work? Or will the city make us pay for a new one?

Thanks for the help man! I appreciate it! Cheers 🍻

I have the same water valve, I went to buy the T tool you showed but was not able to move it not even my neighbor, what can I do?

I know where it was but I needed to figure out witch way to turn it to get it off but thank you for the help

I turned the water to the meter off. But I still have full pressure inside the house and don’t see any difference. Is the water coming from the water heater? How does turning off the water to the house at the meter affect what’s going on with the water heater?

We'll done good job man !

"a little bit harder..." but didn't get it to move with the wrench. lol. yea it ain't easy with the wrench at all. I have had terrible luck with one.

Stupid question: I have a pentagon-shaped water shut-off valve in my alley. How do I go about tuning water off/on?

i use rain water though because its so difficult 😂

You rock man

Ok. So I did this and I still have water? Does this turn off 100%? Trying to swap out water heater. Old house and only the main meter seems to be accessible.

Not if your valve is frozen, your gona need 2 pipe wrench and some type of lubricant, cuz those cheap water key always bend if it frozen

What if it doesn't move? Could it be frozen?

Is it illegal to tamper with this city valve?

I turned mine off but I still have excellent water pressure and a leak

I give this video a 2 star review --at best. No sledgehammer tutorial, among the other tools shown, in turn shows that this man lacks real life experience. Because sledgehammers are a universal tool for fixing everything. Rusty gate won't open: sledgehammer. Automobile engine repair: sledgehammer. New, wide-bay picture window installation: sledgehammer. Nagging wife won't shut up?.. Just show her your new sledgehammer from the hardware store, and smile. Sledgehammers just WORK. Believe me.

Might be a U-shape? Or maybe a half-eaten donut shape or something... 🙂

Which way do I turn it to shut off

When I turned it righty tighty water began to leak from an open end near it

Much appreciated

One of my pull-up handle faucets outside are leaking in the ground how long can I leave them water main off

If you are turning it back on for the wrong reasons be prepared to be fined

What if the valve doesn't stop turning clockwise,is it broken?

Free water 😈

I spinned it too much and now it won’t stop spinning? And water won’t come out ?

Where do you get a key

Cant see mine

Why they gotta make it so difficult? It’s 2024 out here 🤷🏼‍♂️

Why does mine keep turning

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Why you showing 1year comments is long ago sre

just say "U" tip.