How To Shut Off Water Heater Gas Valve

Clear the area around the water heater.

How to shut off water heater gas valve. Solder a copper union onto a threaded adapter. If you want to go out and hear the heater making a hissing sound turn off the gas line valve. Most service valves are single lever ball valves. Plug sensor into valve.

Sometimes we see shut off valves at both the hot and cold pipes near the water heater. Turn the lever perpendicular or the knob clockwise to shut off the gas supply. Shutting down and gas hot water heater there are four steps to properly shutting down a gas hot water heater. Call the gas company.

Solder a second threaded adapter onto the cold water pipe. Turn the lever until it is perpendicular to the gas line. The next step will be to locate the gas supply line and its valve. Just go and shut off the valve located on the gas line close to the heater.

These valves allow you to stop the flow of gas to your dryer oven furnace water heater or gas fireplaces to make repairs or new installations without cutting off gas to your entire home. Thread the adapter onto the automatic shut off valve. Place float in water pan. Install shut off valve to the cold water pipe.

It is usually located right by the water heater. There is nothing wrong with it but the second shut off at the hot water side is not necessary. It gets written up as a defect in the home inspection report. Turn the gas valve 1 4 turn until the lever is perpendicular to the gas line to shut off the gas.

2 for any other work on the hot water heater turn the gas completely off. If you don t see a valve near the heater follow the gas line until you find one. Test the valve by turning on the heater and manually raising the float valve. If you can find any valve trace the gas line until you find a handle that serves as the switch.

The heater should automatically shut off. Locate the gas pipe. If you re leaving the house for an extended period or you hear hissing coming from the heater you should also turn off the gas valve in the gas supply line. Turn the gas and water back on.

Move any items away from the area around the water heater so you can access the gas pipe and shut off. Shut off the gas valve. 1 for working on water pipes or draining the tank turn the gas valve control to pilot. What we don t want to see is no shut off valve at all like at the water heater shown below.

Again handle parallel to the line means gas is flowing perpendicular means it s cut off.