Free printable · for homeowners & renters
Free Home Shutoff & Breaker Location Map
Almost nobody knows where their shutoffs are until the afternoon they need one — in the dark, with water coming through the ceiling. This free one-page map is the other version of that afternoon: sketch the plan, number each valve where it actually sits, and write down which way it turns and what tool it takes. It comes shown filled in first, so you can see how much detail is worth writing.
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Direct download. No email, no account — just the files.
What it does
- Gives you a sketch area for the floor plan or the lot, so each shutoff gets a number where it actually sits — then a table to describe it.
- Records the four things that matter for each one: where it is, how to shut it off, which way it turns, and the tool it needs.
- Opens on a worked example — the same invented household used in the paid pack — so you can see the level of detail before you pick up a pen.
- Includes a short extract of the full guide for the five to find first: the main water valve, the curb stop, the gas meter, the main breaker, and the water heater.
- Carries the gas rule everybody gets wrong — if you shut the gas off at the meter, do not turn it back on yourself; that is the utility's job or a licensed technician's.
- Printable PDF, US Letter, print at 100% — nothing to sign up for, nothing saved anywhere but your own copy.
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Want the other seven pages?
This is one page of eight. The full pack adds emergency contacts, an “If I'm Away” house-sitter sheet, pet-care and medical cards, a family meeting-place card, a home-systems reference, and your utilities and providers — every one of them also shown filled in. Plus the complete 14-system shutoff guide with a walking order for the whole house, a What to Write & Where to Post guide, and wallet and fridge cards already imposed with cut marks.
A one-time purchase you print as often as you like — paper that works when the battery is dead, the signal is gone, or a subscription lapsed, and that a neighbor can read without being invited to an account.
General orientation for finding and labeling the shutoffs in your own home, not plumbing, gas, or electrical advice, and no substitute for your utility company or a licensed trade. If a valve is seized, corroded, or unfamiliar, leave it alone and ask someone qualified. In any emergency involving gas, fire, or an electrical hazard, get everyone out first and call from outside. Free to use; please don't resell or redistribute.