Shut off water at home???
When you leave home for a few days, do you turn off the main water valve at your house?
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Well, considering my son returned home with his son and are now living with us, it doesn't make much sense to turn the water off when we go camping as he is home when we are gone.
But, if the house is going to be empty for more than a couple days, yes I flip the breaker on the water pump (we are on a well). I also flip the breakers on our 2 water heaters in the house. I don't worry about relieving the pressure from the water lines, I just let it go.
When returning, there is still pressure (which tells me there is no water leading in the toilets), and even after being gone 5 days, there is still warmth in the water heaters.
It only takes 5 seconds to reach in the breaker box (which is located in our master bed room, behind a hinged door) and flip the 3 breakers. If there is ever a break in the water lines, the most that will leak will be the water under pressure and nothing more.
Leaky toilets will cost you a fortune in water (well or city), and they can be really fickle sometimes. They can be leaking and you're not even aware of it. So... yes ... water off when we are gone.
But, if the house is going to be empty for more than a couple days, yes I flip the breaker on the water pump (we are on a well). I also flip the breakers on our 2 water heaters in the house. I don't worry about relieving the pressure from the water lines, I just let it go.
When returning, there is still pressure (which tells me there is no water leading in the toilets), and even after being gone 5 days, there is still warmth in the water heaters.
It only takes 5 seconds to reach in the breaker box (which is located in our master bed room, behind a hinged door) and flip the 3 breakers. If there is ever a break in the water lines, the most that will leak will be the water under pressure and nothing more.
Leaky toilets will cost you a fortune in water (well or city), and they can be really fickle sometimes. They can be leaking and you're not even aware of it. So... yes ... water off when we are gone.
