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Post by Atticus Pizzaballa on Apr 7, 2023 9:12:29 GMT -5
If your slab shifts or starts to degrade, it can rub against the pipe, causing holes and dents and dings that can lead to more cracks and .
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Post by Clipper on Apr 7, 2023 10:57:40 GMT -5
Definitely puzzling, but that would be my luck too.
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Post by clarencebunsen on Apr 7, 2023 18:37:17 GMT -5
I'm just glad that the water flooding the neighborhood yards wasn't going on my bill.
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Post by Clipper on Apr 7, 2023 19:31:15 GMT -5
I'm just glad that the water flooding the neighborhood yards wasn't going on my bill.   When we moved here we sold our camp in Verona Beach to Kathy's sister. When she died her son inherited it. He lives in Binghamton. He never came up in the fall one year to winterize the camp and shut off the water. The hot water tank burst, flooded the camp and ran a block down the street for what must have been days. He finally got a call from someone and sent a plumber to shut everything off and clean up. He got a water bill for $1600. I guess he negotiated a deal and only had to pay $1000. (plus the cost incurred paying the plumber) |
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Post by BHU on Apr 8, 2023 11:31:02 GMT -5
Whenever we're going to be gone for more then a day I shut off the water main in the basement. The wife thinks I'm nuts but you never know. If something DOES happen it will be when no one's around. Murphy's Law.
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Post by Clipper on Apr 8, 2023 11:51:28 GMT -5
We do that too BHU. I am always reminded of my aunt and uncles disaster of many years ago. They went on vacation and while they were gone one of the washing machine hoses burst. They arrived home, no telling how long after the hose burst, and found water running out the kitchen door into the garage and seeping under the garage door onto the driveway. They had a real mess. A minor amount of the water had seeped under the door to the stairway to the cellar also, and water had gone into the cellar also but thankfully the sump pump prevented any damage in the basement. It took weeks for a contractor to repair all the damage and replace the floors in the kitchen and living room as well as the carpet in the living room.
Even though we have a shutoff at the meter we also always shut off the valves that we had installed at every water using device or fixture when we had the house completely re-plumbed when we first moved in. I am always happy with the mainline shut off, but Kathy still goes around and shuts all the other supply line valves. It takes me 10 minutes to turn all of them back on when we get back home. lol.
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Post by Atticus Pizzaballa on Apr 8, 2023 14:45:23 GMT -5
My Dad used to do the same thing with the water main when ever we all went someplace like a weekend at the family campgrounds in and around Old Forge. I can still remember our ranch house on James street when James Street was a grand clean safe place to like. I wouldn't even attempt to walk down that street today to where the house still stands. Half in ruins!!!!
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Post by BHU on Apr 10, 2023 16:06:43 GMT -5
Even a small water leak can do damage. About 3 years ago when I got up one morning I noticed water leaking thru the ceiling above the dining area off our kitchen. Uh oh! We have a half bath upstairs & the shut off valve for the terlet was leaking, don't know for how long. I shut it off & had to go to Lowe's for a new valve & ended up replacing the terlet valve, supply line to the tank & to be safe I also changed the valves & supply lines to the vanity. It was no fun repairing that ceiling either.
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