Bubba wrote:
Every time we leave the house for a few weeks, I have visions of
coming back to a house that has been flooded from either a burst
water heater or two (in the attic) or burst pipes from a freeze.

As a precaution,I have considered turning off the water at the outside
shut-off and draining the pipes inside by opening the faucets.

What disasters lurk in this procedure? Can I just return home, turn
on the water and sputter the air out of the pipes, or is there some
fundamental embuggerance that I am overlooking? Will this require
re-lighting the gas in the water heater?

You can turn the water heater down to pilot.

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Joseph Meehan

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