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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If we are gone for more than a few days, the water to the house is turned off, gas HW heater gets turned down to pilot, recirculating hot water pump goes off, and as extra precaution water to the washing machine turned off. Also instahot goes off and thermostat goes to "eco" mode to keep temps above 50F or below 85F. Also unplug all the tool battery chargers etc. in the garage. Lights automatically go to a random evening mode when we leave the house based on cell phone location, and I turn on the alarm system.
I've had two friends that had washing machine hoses break while gone, another that had a toilet tank reservoir crack and leak. Enough problems that turning the water off is top of the list.
To make it easy to turn water on and off I replaced the original water valve to the house with a quarter turn valve located near the furnace and water heater.
Also when gone, the garage door opener is on a leviton controller so that the garage door can't be opened between 10pm and 8 am.
We have a neighbor that will occasionally check the house if we are gone more than a week or so.
I've had two friends that had washing machine hoses break while gone, another that had a toilet tank reservoir crack and leak. Enough problems that turning the water off is top of the list.
To make it easy to turn water on and off I replaced the original water valve to the house with a quarter turn valve located near the furnace and water heater.
Also when gone, the garage door opener is on a leviton controller so that the garage door can't be opened between 10pm and 8 am.
We have a neighbor that will occasionally check the house if we are gone more than a week or so.
