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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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jplante4
Explorer II
Oct 10, 2014
I had a ruptured diagram in the furnace (forced hot water) piping that caused the TP valve to intermittently open and dump furnace water into the basement. The makeup water valve kept supplying water to the furnace. I WAS HOME and caught it within an hour and still had 2 inches of water in the basement. I turn off the water when I go camping. I don't understand the down side of doing this.

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