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precioustime
Explorer II
Oct 02, 2014

Before a trip should I turn off the water of my house?

I turn off the main valve of the water supply of my house but some tell me to add antifreeze in sinks and toilets to prevent roaches from coming up the pipes if the pipes dry up. Is this a good idea?
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chiefneon
Explorer
Oct 03, 2014
Howdy!

Absolutely! We just had one of our pets teach us a lesson regarding this. We left our 5er and had to go and pickup our TV which was having some repair work. We were gone about and hour. While gone one of them jumped up on the back of the couch walked across the counter and bumped the kitchen fosset turning it on. Just about the time we returned the kitchen sink started to over flow. Hate to think how bad it would have been if we had been gone longer.

"Happy Trails"
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