What do you shut off when leaving for a trip
Many years ago a co-worker left for a couple days and came home to a ruptured water heater and the associated damage it caused. He was surprised when I said if I'm gone for more than about 2 days I sh...
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Seattle Steve wrote:
My wife worked in insurance claims her whole career, and says the most common claim by far is water damage from broken washing machine water hose, and distant second is ice maker water damage, either a broken line or malfunction of the shut-off after it fills the tray. The home doesn't even have to be unoccupied--it frequently happens at night.
I do change out my washing machine water hoses every five years, but I don't really do anything (other than adjust the thermostat) when we leave. Our neighbors are great, and check the house daily.
Some years ago I installed a lever action dual valve for the clothes washer, and turn the water off there whenever I'm not washing clothes. It takes all of a couple seconds with one of those valves, and becomes part of the process of operating the washer. It's much, much handier than a pair of globe valves that have to be turned a couple full revolutions each to operate them.
