Prudence or Paranoia?
I shut off my water to the TT every time we leave. I just don't trust the system to hold, and I certainly don't want to clean up a mess when I return. Is this unwarranted paranoia, or is it prudence? ...
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Tothill wrote:
When we leave the sticks and bricks the water is left on. If we are going to be gone more than a week, we shut off the water heater.
This reminded me of something. One summer I went to put the trash at the curb about 30 minutes before a cab was coming to take the family to the airport for a trip to Grandma's. Water was running from the water heater, through the garage like a stream, and down the driveway.
I turned the water going to the water heater off, and purchased, and arranged for installation of a new water heater over the phone when I got to my destination, for the day after we got back home.
If that doggone leak had happened the next day, it would have been a bigger problem, as we did not have anyone watching our house.
Since then, our neighbor has a key for emergencies, but I still don't turn the water off.
