Edwardh1
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family disagreement.
situation: mom is sick in hospital, house vacant. may be vacant for a month or two , 1958 house 1 story, plaster walls hardwood floors.copper pipe from 1958. water heater in garage.warm climate. sometime people in house only once every 4 or 5 days.
I want to cut the water off to prevent leaks. . another family member says : well the water has been on since 1958, if you cut it off the pressure cycling will probably cause a problem when you turn it back on (tho the water company changed out the meter last year to a remote read meter seems they had to cut the water off to do that and then repressurize the house pipes)
water on or off? my fear is water damage from a leak
situation: mom is sick in hospital, house vacant. may be vacant for a month or two , 1958 house 1 story, plaster walls hardwood floors.copper pipe from 1958. water heater in garage.warm climate. sometime people in house only once every 4 or 5 days.
I want to cut the water off to prevent leaks. . another family member says : well the water has been on since 1958, if you cut it off the pressure cycling will probably cause a problem when you turn it back on (tho the water company changed out the meter last year to a remote read meter seems they had to cut the water off to do that and then repressurize the house pipes)
water on or off? my fear is water damage from a leak
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