My main water shutoff valve, I think is a open globe type valve with a drain nipple on it. It's not a quarter turn value. My house was built in the late 60's.
I had to shut the water off so I could put new shutoff valves in a half-bath that I'm remodeling. When I went to turn the main valve back on, I noticed that the gland nut/packing nut was also turning. After tightening it back up, I couldn't turn the handle....loosened it back up a little and held the nut with the channel lock pliers, still can't turn the handle...it's like it is totally seized up.
I've turned the main valve on and off a few times before and never had this problem, but then maybe I never noticed the gland nut turning as I turned the valve. Also, the valve is just really hard to turn to begin with.
Is there a way to fix this without having to have the water company turn off the street valve and pull the whole valve assembly out? Or is it better to just get a whole new valve assembly. I'm assuming you can just replace the valve assembly without getting a whole new valve.
If the gland nut were to come off while the valve in on, would water gush out or would it just seep out? Right now it's seeping because I had to loosen the nut so I could get the water turned on enough to have good water pressure.
Thanks,
Omar
I had to shut the water off so I could put new shutoff valves in a half-bath that I'm remodeling. When I went to turn the main valve back on, I noticed that the gland nut/packing nut was also turning. After tightening it back up, I couldn't turn the handle....loosened it back up a little and held the nut with the channel lock pliers, still can't turn the handle...it's like it is totally seized up.
I've turned the main valve on and off a few times before and never had this problem, but then maybe I never noticed the gland nut turning as I turned the valve. Also, the valve is just really hard to turn to begin with.
Is there a way to fix this without having to have the water company turn off the street valve and pull the whole valve assembly out? Or is it better to just get a whole new valve assembly. I'm assuming you can just replace the valve assembly without getting a whole new valve.
If the gland nut were to come off while the valve in on, would water gush out or would it just seep out? Right now it's seeping because I had to loosen the nut so I could get the water turned on enough to have good water pressure.
Thanks,
Omar