Originally Posted by bruinruin
Why people leave their water on when they go on vacation is a mystery to me. As a plumber, I've seen major devastation due to water damage. The only thing that rivals water damage is fire, IMO.

Yep. I’m religious about turning the water off at the cabin, EVERY time I’m there. About the worst that can happen is the water heater can leak, and cut 40 gallons loose. Don’t need to be hours away and find out I lost thousands of gallons to a leak/rupture, and have to deal with that kind of cost and damage.