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Sometimes a handyman has to be innovative. When working under a kitchen sink, there are specialty plumbing angle valves you can use rather than using a saddle valve. If you are installing an icemaker line to the refrigerator, or adding a reverse-osmosis water system, you need to supply water to these items. Many people will use a saddle valve, which pierces an existing water line. These valves are prone to leaking and I really dislike them because of that. However, you can buy specialty valves that will allow you to supply water to various areas and be able to stop the flow of water with a handle.

If you have a standard cold water angle valve with one outlet under the sink, you can replace this with a three-way valve or even a dual-handle three way angle valve. These are unique and will give you the ability to stop water to one fixture while keeping it on at others.

A three way angle valve has one handle and two outlets. The handle can stop and start the flow of water at both outlets simultaneously. To get even more control over the flow of water, you can replace the valve with a dual handle-three way angle valve. With this type of valve, you can not only supply water to two separate fixtures, but you can start and stop the flow of water independently of the other. It has two outlets and two handles to control the flow of water.