Water Shutoff

Each building has one bottom-floor unit (units 85, 89, 96, and 100) that contains the entire building's main water line shutoff valve and water meter (see pictures below). If water needs to be shut off for the entire building (all four units), someone will need to gain access to the utility room of the applicable unit indicated above to shut the water off. If no one answers the door, call the owner to find out their location and/or if they can unlock the door in a timely manner. If there is no contact with the owner or they are unable to open the door in a timely manner, get in touch with the Dave Pawlowski at Lawrence Community Management Group at 440-937-2800 or any association board member (see Board of Directors link on the homepage) to obtain instructions on getting access to the necessary unit key. Once the key is obtained, enter the unit and go directly to the utility room and turn off the valve indicated by the yellow arrow in the picture below. (Note: If, for some reason, the leak is occurring at this device, the knob indicated by the light blue arrow will need to be turned with a strong pair of pliers.) If water only needs to be shut off to any singular unit, it can be done so independently in those units without shutting off water to the entire building. There is a turn-off valve in each unit's utility room, typically under the utility sink, that can turn off water to the entire unit. There are also turn-off valves at each water source (toilet and sinks) that can turn off water only to those particular items. Furthermore, there is an extra turn-off valve under the kitchen sink on bottom-floor units that will shut off water to the spigots in the garage and outdoors.