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Sailfish
 
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| Ya, well I just flooded the kitchen with the 2 kids in it and myself... I ran a new Ice maker line eariler because the old copper one was'nt any good.. well found out it had both 3/8 line and I had 1-3/8 and 1 1/4 line to hook up.. went to Home depot to buy another new muti-valve and found a coupler that would work.. So I put the valve back on and tighten it up.. went outside to trun the water back on and it was fine.. Saw alittle leak tightened it up and BAM it broke off flooding the kitchen.... I yelled at the 4yr to grab his little 11month old sister and get out of the kitchen... So ques. is.. Now what Can I do?? I've got a bare copper pipe out of the wall, and the little ring fitting with the coupler does'nt want to stay on..
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Snapper
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you can go to lowes in the morning and get you a valve that is made with a compression fitting on one side that slids over the copper line and you tighten up the nut and it wont leak and get you a water line to go on the otherside of the valve
Jeff 68ft Viking "Green Machine" 30ft Donzi "Hot Stuff" 23ft Mako "Midnight Run" 
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call a professional
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Got any pictures? I guess that you are saying that the threaded portion of the shutoff valve broke off. In that case you'll have to put on a new valve it it threaded or soldered?
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Sailfish
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| No nothing broke... That Compresson fitting came off.... The little thing that looks like a ring.. Which basically you put the nut on the pipe, then slide the fitting on and it's not suppose to come off... well this one does....
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Snapper
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you might just need to get a new compression valve dont know what to tell ya unless i was there sorry
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Sailfish
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| Just pulled another fitting out of a new box and same thing... goes over the copper pipe and then you pull on it and it comes right off.. Almost like the pipe is messed up...
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