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Old 09-05-2013, 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by dewilson58 View Post
Thanks for the replies.................still shut off the water main when you have "house watchers" coming in and cleaning toilets??........are most of them willing to work with the main??
I always turn off the water main. Nothing can create a disaster faster that a water break. One friend in TV had the small pipe at the back of the toilet leak in their master bath. The person who checked their house weekly found water through the entire home.

Turning the water off is a pet peeve of mine as I have several friend's horror stories. A few years ago, my home watcher knew I was returning sometime the following week. On Friday sent me my weekly email and said: "things look great, welcome home and I turned on the water for your return". They were great folks and believed they were doing me a favor. I asked them to do me a another favor and please return and turn the water main off. They did and I slept a little better....

PS. I just turn our water heater down, works for us, but that does not seem to be the consensus.
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