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I had a customer call for some advice on an easy plumbing job. I can’t blame him, why pay for something when you can do it yourself in 5 minutes (or less). This particular customer was moving and realized that the icemaker valve would not shut off…it had a slow dribble out of it. He said he cranked the handle down on the valve at the wall, but it still leaked. He was apprehensive about replacing the valve. I told him he could do a couple of things.
The valve in the wall usually has threads on it to connect by compression to the icemaker line. If you shut the water off to the house the leak will stop and you can work without being stressed that water is going to run all over the floor. With the water off, you can screw a mating cap onto the threads of the valve. You can wrap the threads with Teflon tape first and snug the cap down.
The other thing that comes to mind is to add a cap to the icemaker line itself, if it is copper or plastic. You can use a compression fitting on this one. Place the nut on the line first, then the copper ferrule and then the coupling. On the other side of the coupling will be the cap. Tighten it all down and turn the water back on to check for leaks.
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