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by: MarT Active Indicator LED Icon 9 OP 
~ 9 years ago   Oct 16, '14 4:57pm  
Hi all,I hope someone can help me. I'm new to my house and it's very different from where I came from.  How to you shut off the water to the whole house?  I live in Sand Creek Village, the house was built mid 80's.  The guy at the plumbing supply tried to explain, I do not see it.  Thanks!MarT 4951
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Mccrj Active Indicator LED Icon 2
~ 9 years ago   Oct 16, '14 5:02pm  
Hi all,I hope someone can help me. I'm new to my house and it's very different from where I came from.  How to you shut off the water to the whole house?  I live in Sand Creek Village, the house was built mid 80's.  The guy at the plumbing supply tried to explain, I do not see it.  Thanks!MarT
 
@MarT: you should have a rectangle box somewhere in the front yard near the street, that's your water meter and the shut off valve is in there.
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Retired_Engineer Active Indicator LED Icon 13
~ 9 years ago   Oct 16, '14 5:14pm  
It also depends on your original builder.  In addition to the one at the meter, I have a main shut-off valve inside our house in a wall in our pantry.  4951
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BooBear Active Indicator LED Icon 16
~ 9 years ago   Oct 16, '14 5:25pm  
We have of course the meter, then we have a turn valve spigot thing outside and then we have a panel in the garage with a bunch of things, michael told me what they were but I dont remember..it would appear the builder here expected the houses to have water problems. 4951
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MarT Active Indicator LED Icon 9 OP 
~ 9 years ago   Oct 16, '14 5:27pm  
@retired engineer, thanks, but nothing in the pantry, darn Emoticon  There is a box similar to the one in the picture, but it looks more like a sprinkler system box (from where I'm from) and appears to be in the neighbor's yard, not ours.  4951
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iCarr Active Indicator LED Icon 1
~ 9 years ago   Oct 16, '14 5:31pm  
@retired engineer, thanks, but nothing in the pantry, darn Emoticon  There is a box similar to the one in the picture, but it looks more like a sprinkler system box (from where I'm from) and appears to be in the neighbor's yard, not ours. 
 
@MarT:
 
Check it, there's probably 2 meters in one box, mine shares the meter with my left neighbor. 4951
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BooBear Active Indicator LED Icon 16
~ 9 years ago   Oct 16, '14 5:32pm  
@retired engineer, thanks, but nothing in the pantry, darn Emoticon  There is a box similar to the one in the picture, but it looks more like a sprinkler system box (from where I'm from) and appears to be in the neighbor's yard, not ours. 
 
@MarT:
 
Look on the outside of your house for a faucet. Thwre may be one with 2 valves. One should possible be the cutoff to your house. 4951
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KTownTexican Active Indicator LED Icon 11
~ 9 years ago   Oct 16, '14 5:36pm  
M main water shut off valve is on the side of the house. Looks like a water spicket coming out of the ground. 4951
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angiekaye Active Indicator LED Icon 16
~ 9 years ago   Oct 16, '14 5:41pm  
find the outside water faucet, find the one with 2 turn handles, one is for the house and one is for waterhose.  Least that is how ours is 4951
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MarT Active Indicator LED Icon 9 OP 
~ 9 years ago   Oct 16, '14 5:44pm  
So do you think the bottom one could be it?  We'll give it a try when hubby gets home, and then look in the box if that doesn't work.You guys are awesome, always helpful, and funny, I might add! 
 
Loading Image... Sorry that's such a big picture Emoticon 4951
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thegoodwife Active Indicator LED Icon 10
~ 9 years ago   Oct 16, '14 5:45pm  
Outside our house on the driveway we have a pipe that comes out of the ground. It turns the water off but it's hard and hard to get it all the way turned off, but you can do it. I have an attached garage so it's where the house & garage meet. 4951
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fcabanski Active Indicator LED Icon 16
~ 9 years ago   Oct 16, '14 5:45pm  
Need water very badly.  In my world, that's a sure way to guarantee something will happen to stop the flow of water to my house. 4951
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thegoodwife Active Indicator LED Icon 10
~ 9 years ago   Oct 16, '14 5:47pm  
So do you think the bottom one could be it?  We'll give it a try when hubby gets home, and then look in the box if that doesn't work.You guys are awesome, always helpful, and funny, I might add! 
 
Loading Image... Sorry that's such a big picture Emoticon
 
@MarT: Ours is taller but I bet that's it!
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iCarr Active Indicator LED Icon 1
~ 9 years ago   Oct 16, '14 5:47pm  
So do you think the bottom one could be it?� We'll give it�a try when hubby gets home, and then look in the box if that doesn't work.You guys are awesome, always helpful, and funny, I might add!�
 
Loading Image...�Sorry that's such a big picture Emoticon
 
@MarT:
 
That's one of them, on my house the one in the meter box does the whole house and the one like you pictured only turns off half the water in the house, fyi my house was built in 81. 4951
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