# How can I shut off the water to our toilet?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 1, 2020, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-shut-off-the-water-to-our-toilet/924481 "2020-11-01T14:31:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-shut-off-the-water-to-our-toilet/924481/18 "2020-11-02T16:04:48Z")

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> [@Si\_Amigo](#):
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> I’ve been to many European countries and can attest that their plumbing fixtures seem a bit strange sometimes compared to what in the US is considered standard fixtures. I’d often jump into a hotel shower and wonder how to work the thing

Tell me about it! You may have seen [my previous thread about the weird plumbing here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-bathroom-faucet-designed-this-way/848069)—I learned how to get hot water out the faucet in the bathroom sink only a full year after having lived in the apartment. We’ve since replaced the faucet with a more standard lever apparatus.

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