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Any plumbers around here?
After shutting off and blowing out my sprinkler system this weekend, the main valve where I shut off all water to the system appears to be leaking just a bit. There's a drain on the valve that I use to blow back into the house (from the outside) to make sure it's fully drained in the winter. Pics here and here.
It's leaking out of the drain - not around the handle or at either end - so I'm assuming that the valve itself is the problem. It's not leaking much - only about a half cup of water per day (though more could conceivably be hanging out in the pipes rather than draining out I suppose). The only sort of adjustment I can find is a nut that is used to attach the handle, but it doesn't seem to have any effect on the valve. Is there something I'm missing on how to fix this, or am I basically just stuck having to replace the whole thing? |
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The only way to repair a ball valve is to be able to take it apart and put new O-rings in the valve body. There should be threads on the drain, so that the water can be channeled outside or where ever a person wants the water to drain to.
Point being that you should be able to purchase a cap that you can screw on that drain and stop the leak. Water pressure usually runs right at 60 lbs, so it shouldn't cause you any problems by blocking the drain until you need to use it. If you can get a cap that has an o-ring in the end of the cap or at least use some Teflon tape on the threads before you put the cap on so that it doesn't want to leak around the threads.
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Be sure to use the Teflon tape or paste on all the threads. Sometimes unlike metals don't want to seal up without a little help.
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