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Default Plumbers & Super Bowl

Oren wrote:
On Fri, 03 Feb 2017 10:54:00 -0800, Oren wrote:

I hear the day after is a great day for plumbers due to clogged
bowls.


I should have knocked on wood. Getting the smoker ready for a rack of
ribs today, I walked into the garage. Suddenly the water heater
sprang a leak. Not so bad this time because I had previously
installed a 3/4 turn ball valve on the water heater supply line. Lost
about a gallon of water on the floor. Got it turned off quickly and
went back to starting the ribs for a long, slow cook.

Oh well. I get a new water heater, some good food and I smell like
cherry wood smoke.

FWIW. Install a ball valve to shut your water heater supply line
rapidly. Do-Do happens. The toilet bowl still works great :-)



What's a Super Bowl , some new kind of toilet ? And FWIW , I not only have
a quarter turn valve on the WH , but there's one for a main line cutoff
right by the house and a pair that turn off the laundry and kitchen under
the house - and there will be a pair on the lines to the new master bath too
.. Turning off the main does leave one yard faucet on .
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Snag