When you go away in travel do you shut the water off?

[Anonymous]

Lower hear to ?

[Anonymous]

No.

[Anonymous]

Yes. DH insists on shutting off the water. Heat goes to 60; AC to 80.

[Anonymous]

No reason to shut water off in DC - only in places where it gets so cold all pipes could freeze.

When I lived alone and travelled for work 2-3 weeks at a time, I would shut off the gas line to the house even though I had to relight the pilot on my stove when I returned. Probably silly, but it made me feel better.

Yes I turn the heat down if I'll be gone more than 36-48 hours, probably to 60-65. Come home, drop bags and turn on heat, go out to dinner or to the grocery store.

[Anonymous]

Yes.

[Anonymous]

I turn down the heat to about 60 but don't touch the water.

[Anonymous]

Turn the heat down to 55. We have a nest thermostat so we can turn it back on from afar so that the house is a good temp when we get home.

Have never turned off the water. My parents do when they do long trips though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I turn down the heat to about 60 but don't touch the water.

Same here.

[Anonymous]

If you shut the water off do you also have to turn the water heater off?

[Anonymous]

I turn the water off to the washing machine since I have had those burst. Can't turn the water off though as I have cats in the house and the caregiver needs to use the water.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No reason to shut water off in DC - only in places where it gets so cold all pipes could freeze.

When I lived alone and travelled for work 2-3 weeks at a time, I would shut off the gas line to the house even though I had to relight the pilot on my stove when I returned. Probably silly, but it made me feel better.

Yes I turn the heat down if I'll be gone more than 36-48 hours, probably to 60-65. Come home, drop bags and turn on heat, go out to dinner or to the grocery store.

I completely disagree about no reason to shut off in DC!! We went to NYC for the weekend one September. One of our toilets started leaking while we were away. Our housekeeper came on Saturdays at the time and noticed the leak. The shutoff to the toilet was old and would't turn, so she called us to find out where the main was. Had she not been there, our basement would have been flooded.

When our plumber came to fix it, he advised us to always turn off the water. You never know when a pipe or toilet will have an issue and water is destructive. We now turn it off summer or winter.

[Anonymous]

Always turn off water

[Anonymous]

When we go away for a weekend, we don't do it but when we go away for a week or so, we always shut it down.

Our valve was old so we had to replace it. It was nearly impossible to turn it off before. Which scared me because I was worried that when we need it, it wouldn't work.

[Anonymous]

no

[Anonymous]

Yes I turn off the water and turn down the heat.