Turning water on/off for whole house
 

I am going to install my whole house water filter and will need to cut the line in the garage where the house water shut off valve is located. I know there is another shut off valve in the front yard but I wasn't real clear on how it operated. I opened the rectangular plate covering the valves for my house and my neighbor's and once all the critters got out of the way there is a large cone shaped valve but it is not clear to me what I turn to shut it off. Does any one have any experience shutting off the water this way? Thanks.

Had plumber who used a large square headed wrench to shut it off at the street. May be worth a call the the water department.

Go to Lowes or Home Depot and buy the curb stop shut off tool.

Or grind a notch in a steel pipe, then use a pipe wrench above ground to turn.

Can't you add a valve in front of the filter so you can shut off all the water to the house? The installer for my water softener did that for me so I can shut off all the water. There is also a valve on the softener so I can bypass it and let hard water enter the house. He also added a faucet in front of the softener so that I can attach a hose to fill buckets or water plants without using softened water.

Interesting if you don't mind me asking who installed your softer, and what would be a reasonable price to expect for the softener and having it installed

I installed the water filter myself. However my neighbor had one installed a few weeks ago. It cost him around $200 for the installation labor. I think it was R&B Plumbing 352-350-6919

We have a Culligan softener, installed by them. I don't remember the total cost, think it was around $2000.