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Thank you for this information. Love to learn things like this.

Gives me some hope. Thanks.

Thank you for your reply. We will be following your suggestions next time we prep the house for a trip. For now, I'm adopting your statement -- no point worrying about it, any damage is already done. Again, thank you for your time and willingness to share your expertise.

Thank you for your suggestions. Next trip we will drain the entire water system. We are also installing a heat pump and air handler as the existing furnace is original equipment and parts are unavailable. We have a large air compressor so the pressure test sounds like something we could do...

Before we left on vacation, my husband turned off the water in the house and put antifreeze in the toilets and drains. We didn't drain all the pipes in the house. When the house was being checked by a friend, it was discovered that the furnace wasn't working. We don't know when it stopped...

Thank you Jim and Bubba. We have been reading a lot on the johnbridge site and that has been helpful. We got the shower floor done by laying down another sheet of 3/4" plywood. Mortar shower pan is next.

We're installing a cement shower pan in our upstairs bathroom. The existing drain hole in the sub floor is too big -- 7.5" diameter. Our abs Oatey drain requires only a 4.5" hole. The sub floor is made of 3/4 plywood over joists. Any recommendations? TIA