Nothing like waking up to a water leak to get you going

[Keith Molden]

I got up this morning and thought I'd better turn the furnace on since we have a 2 year old great grandson living with us and the house was a little chilly. After a bit I decided I'd better go to the basement and check on the furnace, opened the (outside)basement door and heard water spraying with about 3 inches of water on the floor we don't go down there very often as the furnace is the only thing down there. A plastic metal to plastic 3/4 fitting had decided to get a hole in it. Went over town bought a brass fitting @ 12 bucks (they can't get galvanized or plastic right now), put the new one on and now drinking my 2nd cup of coffee. Really wasn't bad to fix just not what I wanted to do today. It could have been a lot worse if the leak had been up in the house with the wife out of town. Have a great day. Keith

 

[1948CaseVAI]

I hate a water in the basement mess!! You must have a floor drain or something to help you get the water out quickly. And you are very lucky you cannot get galvanized or plastic fitting for the fix - both are inferior to the brass. Glad you got it dealt with!

 

[Destroked 450]

Water leaks in the morning is right up there with the cows being out

 

[SDE]

I had the washing machine flood the utility room three times. It happens if the machine is overloaded. Doesn't make sense to me, but I hope it doesn't happen again.

 

[Dennis Minn]

SDE,

If your machine is a top load, there's a plastic tube going to a diaphragm switch. We had mice checw through the tube and the machine didn't know when to stop filling. Maybe that will help.

D.

 

[fixerupper]

There is nothing like the feeling of bare feet stepping into water when you go down the basement steps in the dark.


This post was edited by fixerupper on 10/02/2021 at 09:40 am.

 

[wingnuttx]

Keith. Good morning. Im a Keith too. How big of an area was that 3 inches deep of water? That must have been a headache too right. Wingnut

 

[SDE]

Thank you for the tip. I will take a look at it.

 

[DoubleO7]

Go to evilzon and get you some water on the floor detectors.


If floor gets wet it sounds like a smoke detector.

 

[bmack95hd]

Toilet flush valve malfunctioned on my travel trailer this morning had to drive to Durango for a replacement. Easy enough to fix but stepping on a wet rug at 4am sure got my attention.

 

[Keith Molden]

It was about a 12x12'area, plugged the sump pump in and no problem there