TheFakePlissken t1_j1j54k1 wrote on December 24, 2022 at 7:54 PM

Reply to comment by lunar_unit in PSA: Always turn off your house main water supply when you go out of town in the winter by Charlesinrichmond

I can’t imagine coming home too that. I turn mine off at the meter by the street. It’s easier than in the crawl space.

balance07 t1_j1jwlda wrote on December 24, 2022 at 11:19 PM

I turned mine off in crawl space on Wednesday before we left town, and left kitchen sink open. I'm worried about the couple feet of pipe upstream of the shutoff valve, in the crawlspace. That's full and pressurized.

I am assuming all is ok, been monitoring temps in my vented attic which must be much colder than in crawl space, and it only got down into 20s for some hours. I think crawlspace was fine.

But now I'm gonna turn off at street from now on. I hate the crawlspace.

balance07 t1_j1jwwd6 wrote on December 24, 2022 at 11:22 PM

Oh also put house at 72 deg (thanks for remote access, nest!) so hoping that helped crawlspace too.

Charlesinrichmond OP t1_j1kskvn wrote on December 25, 2022 at 4:15 AM

Truth is even pressurized if you dump 5 gallons it will be a pain in the ass but not a disaster. One room's worth of hardwood floors say

balance07 t1_j1ksy6n wrote on December 25, 2022 at 4:19 AM

If the line from the city bursts, it'll dump until it's shut off tho, unless I'm missing something?

Charlesinrichmond OP t1_j1l0a9c wrote on December 25, 2022 at 5:39 AM

Yeah but the shut off for that is usually right inside and in truth I've never heard of anything busting there even though the ones a foot in make me a little nervous

Best reason for Street key is how easy it is though unless you have a basement and a quarter turn

balance07 t1_j1luh7s wrote on December 25, 2022 at 1:05 PM

Thanks for the reassurance that it's super unlikely that that section would freeze and burst. Def gonna always shut off from street meter from now on.