Turning water off when away

[kirkgas]

Who turns their water off when they aren't at the house, I used to do it all the time as a leak can appear anytime, but as per usual stopped, (we know where this is going don't we)
Returned from caravan today to find water on kitchen floor, and on kitchen ceiling, and on bedroom floor and on bedroom ceiling, traced it to leaking ISO valve in top floor ensuite, couldn't have been running too long, but bad enough
Need to get back to turning water off when we are away, it's not just in winter you get a leak

Here's the ceiling now after 6hrs

 

[kris]

Sorry to here that kirk . I suppose it couldve been a hell of alot worst mate. Is not enough for a call to insurance ?

 

[lame plumber]

I dont go away that often, Devons too lovely to leave, plus we own too many horses,dogs,cats and children that should have left home years ago!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[SimonG]

One thing ive never done. Normally too excited to be getting away. Might have to rethink that now.

 

[zzzjim]

Could have been much worst with a flexi !
( Even if turned off in summer .. do we need a tap open for expansion - extreme heat ? )

 

[kirkgas]

Not sure kris, we will assess a eh it's dry, chipboard floor in bathroom above is wet under vinyl and ceiling is looking a bit worse now obviously, so will get the joiner to price the repair then see whether it's worth getting insurance in and paying excess, but yes could have been a lot lot worse, must have just happened a few hrs before we got home, it's the usual, I used to turn water off when we even went away over night, but stopped

 

[Destroyer2813]

Turn mine off religiously after seeing a whole house decimated after the tank sprung a leak while they where away and bit just kept trying to refill

 

[townfanjon]

One night away and ours is turned off, everytime !!! tell all my customers the same.
2 years ago and about 5 months after fitting it, a flexi into a cloakroom tap ( couldn't get copper in to it, never seen flexis so small) broke off in the tap body, nobody was near it , it just broke, fortunately it was 12 oclock on a sunday dinnertime, if we had been away !!!!!!

 

[Best]

I turn my mains stopcock off in the rare occasions I am away for anything more than a day.
Unlikely anything would happen me, as all top quality work & in copper, - but you never know!
One of the biggest risks is overflows on tanks not done properly, I find.
Just before last Christmas, a close neighbour had a plastic cold storage tank suddenly leak through light fitting in her ceiling. It was an old tank, to be fair, but same as modern version & had simply cracked in the corner where the tank steps in, about the middle. Obviously a stress point there as the sides tend to bulge out. Makes you realise nothing lasts forever.

 

[kirkgas]

This is what caused the leak, fitted about 11yrs ago when we did the extension, and it's never been turned off, sprung a leak through the slot

 

[kris]

With us discussing the newer more faulty iso,s recently aswell and i bet that was one of the better made ones 11 years shelf life , its still not long enough

 

[Whyme]

if i had ballofixes in mine i would, but i aint so i don't bother. what i do turn off is the gas. not because i think there's a leak, just that i'd rather patch a ceiling than rebuild my house.

 

[kirkgas]

if i had ballofixes in mine i would, but i aint so i don't bother. what i do turn off is the gas. not because i think there's a leak, just that i'd rather patch a ceiling than rebuild my house.

When we go away in winter I turn off water but leave heating on timed, so don't turn gas off

 

[Scott_D]

I turn mine off. It only takes seconds

 

[kirkgas]

I turn mine off. It only takes seconds

Thanks haha

 

[Aquablu]

So sorry to hear about your leak what a pain! I always turn the water off if we're away overnight, the gas stays on for the heating though.