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To: Alan Smithee who wrote (61)	9/4/2018 8:35:47 PM
From: SI Ron (Crazy Music Man)	1 Recommendation Recommended By goldworldnet Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 678

I generally turn the water off to the toilet now when I go away. How can you have a flood when it drains into the bowl and then into the sewer? Mine did that for years before I had the fill valve changed and never had any problems with in running all the time. (other than a waster of water, before we were on a water meter)

To: Alan Smithee who wrote (61)	9/4/2018 10:22:11 PM
From: goldworldnet	1 Recommendation Recommended By Alan Smithee Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 678

All the water valve cutoffs for my sink faucets and toilets are frozen inside from calcification from non-use. The same thing happened to the 6 year old water cutoff on my water heater that was leaking and the only way to cut off water to the tank was to shut off the main water to the house. Cutoff valves need to be used periodically so they don't lock up and with water heaters this is particularly important because there is a huge tank of water involved. After I shut off the main water to the house, I cut the cold water pipe to the water heater and added a new valve. Not finished yet, but will install a new tank myself. Josh * * *

To: Alan Smithee who wrote (61)	9/5/2018 7:51:19 AM
From: unclewest	2 Recommendations Recommended By Elsewhere goldworldnet Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 678

The 1/2 of our basement that we could live in is always dry. We have two H2O drain pumps in 5 gallon containers (one at each end) in the 1/2 of our basement that could get wet, but never has. Those 2 drains go directly outside. When we go away on an overnight or longer trip, I go to the inside breaker box and flip the well pump switch off. Without that pump, no water can get inside. That means no water gets into the house until the pump is turned back on. I can also turn the electric well "easy" pump on or off from inside the main house or the well house...again just a switch. I also installed a hand operated "Easy Pump" inside the well house. If we have no power, I can hand operate the "easy pump"to get H2O from the well, and thru an RV hose, and into the house. Try google for "easy pump". We have two 60 gallon plastic H2O approved containers for inside the house, one for kitchen and one for the main bathroom...and strengthened counter tops to hold them for gravity feed. Feeling lazy? We also have a small battery operated electric motor that can operate the easy pump from the well to the 60 gallon containers...It uses a 12 Volt vehicle battery. My golf cart has 5 of them charged all the time...and I don't golf. The golf cart is inspected, insured, licensed and approved for use on public streets. The hand pump is enough to fill those containers...just needs more time. "Easy Pump" is a great name for the system. Installation was much easier than I anticipated. I did need a well "mechanic" to get the pump down the well pipe. The well pump is about 150' down. The easy pump is about 125' down. It really is easy to operate by hand or the "electric" version. I installed both options.