Bob wrote:
"Frank" frankdotlogullo@comcastperiodnet wrote in message
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Tom wrote:
Hi, this morning I cleaned up a mess in my basement caused by a water
leak. Most of the water was on the floor of the bathroom and surrounding
areas, including under the Whirlpool water heater that was installed 3 -
....
Because of a water leak (single drip every minute or so) in the cold
water pipe supplying the bath tub on the second floor I've been turning
off the water main supplying the house before going to bed and turning
it back on in the morning. This drip\leak is not the source of the water
leak in the basement.

Is there any reason turning on/off the water main, which is located in a
different place then where the water leak occurred, would cause a water
leak?.
....
I would suspect faulty water heater pressure relief valve. I've had that
problem a couple of times.

do you have pressure tank on hot water heater? closing off the main cut off
may give you less room for heat expansion of the water, so it blows out the
relief valve.

Or, w/ the water supply off, somebody ran some hot water and since the
heater had no resupply it overheated and blew off some steam during the
night.

I'd fix the upstairs drip....which was I'm betting, albeit indirectly,
the cause.

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