On Mon, 4 Feb 2019 16:58:07 -0700, % wrote:

On 2019-02-04 4:49 p.m., Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 2/4/2019 6:15 PM, Wade Garrett wrote:
On 2/4/19 1:01 PM, Clare Snyder wrote:
On Mon, 4 Feb 2019 12:06:10 -0500, wrote:

On 2/4/19 10:46 AM, micky wrote:
In alt.home.repair, on Mon, 4 Feb 2019 10:08:53 -0500, Ed Pawlowski
wrote:

No idea where this was or what happened but sure looks good

https://imgur.com/gallery/gscva38

Never go away from home for more than a couple days.


ISTM the house was unoccupied (too clean, nothing on counters)

* A friend who goes to Texas every winter drains his pipes and shuts
off the water before leaving. Last year he did as usual. Shut off the
main shutoff, open the upstairs bathroom tap,and open the "drain"
valve at the bottom of the system. He put a bucket under the drain and
left for Texas right after christmas.

He checked his jan water bill on line and found he had a $2000+ water
bill -* OH ****!!!!

* He called me and had me check in the basement. Thankfully the floor
drain worked. He had just "finished" the laundry room with Dri-Cor and
carpet tiles The tiles were saturated but very little damage. Running
the wet vac for a few hours and the de-humidifier for a weekgot it all
dried out - I worked the main shutoff until it finally sealed and he
had a new valve installed when he got back home.* There was enough
water went through his celar drain to fill his pool numerous times - -
-

How could he have used any water if the main was shut off?


Easy. He closed the vale but it did not shut off.* Happens.

my main is hard to turn completely off
In houses over 20 years old most are. This one was about 50.

When the city came to change my water meter they couldn't shut mine
off fully so they had to turn it off at the street. While they were
wating for the crew to come and shut it off I ran out to Home Despot
and bough a new 1/4 turn valve, grabbed my acetylene torch, and as
soon as the meter was out I quickly swapped ot the valve. Only held up
the city guy for about 10 minutes, Now it shuts off again , and should
for the next 30 years or more.