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Originally Posted by jtjigs
Do people turn off the water main to the house when leaving for a couple of months. I have a toilet that sometimes doesn't seal and continues to flush, should I shut off the main before I leave?
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While I was at home, a hot water pipe under the concrete slab sprung a major leak causing flooding of the floor of the master bedroom, etc. I shut off the main water valve as quickly as I could. The cost impact was $17,000+. It took several months to recover, and it caused a lot of personal stress.
If this hot water leak had occurred while I was out-of-town, water would eventually flow out my front door. If the electricity to the hot water tank had been on, there would also be very high electric bills and water bills to deal with.