Phisherman wrote:
On Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:58:58 -0700, Steve
wrote:

Jerry wrote:


All of this was caused by the failure of a part that costs less than $5
at Home Depot. For under $7 you can get one with a safety shut-off
valve. Guess which one I bought. I replaced the toilet supply line in
the other bathroom as well because the plastic nut on that one was
cracked too, but hadn't started to leak yet.

Suggestion: inspect those things often!

--Steve


The neighbor across the street went on a 3-week vacation to come back
to an ice-maker line burst. Ruined the carpeting, flooring, and
basement ceiling, total $16K back in 1996. Insurance covered most of
the cost, but nobody needs the hassle. Some folks turn off the main
water supply before leaving for vacation.

Back in the 70's the ruptured toilet line happened to my boss while he
was on vacation - in that case the repair cost was under $4K.

In our case the insurance co. paid the company that did the cleanup
about $8K, then paid another company $3K or $4K to do some of the work I
couldn't handle, and paid me another $14.5K to settle the claim. We
used the money to upgrade to engineered hardwood flooring to replace
carpeting in the bedrooms, living room, back hall and family room, and
ceramic tile to replace vinyl in the bathrooms. We did all the
installation and painting ourselves.

--Steve