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Originally Posted by cordenny
We will be leaving for a vacation and would like to know the proper way to shut off the water to our home. We have a gas water heater and would also like to know what we should do with it while we are away.
Thank you.
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Some may not like my method, but it works well for me.
Turn off the water and the gas and pilot light to the water heater. Turn off the house water in the garage? It may be a plastic 90 degree cheap valve mostly and is likely to freeze up, it is usually a very cheap plastic valve. Call a plumber, (Isherwood is good) and have him put in an ALL BRASS valve. By the way, if you do have the cheap plastic valve, that valve was designed for sprinkler systems on the west coast and most codes would not allow it in the house, only in flower beds and gardens, true story. If it binds up, and it can and ours did, you cannot tell if it is working because the stem turns but the inside plastic ball gets gummed up, ours did and even though you think it is off, you will find you have potable water at the sinks etc. There is a separate water system for the sprinklers, at least in the Villas and not sure if it is in all systems. Check with the office on this, they will check with construction. We always shut off the washer when leaving. In one house out of state, I had a timer on the water heater, it shut off everything every night.
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