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 01-13-2005, 11:27 Post: 104131
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Ken, when I replaced our laundry tub the guy at Home Depot, a retired plumber, gave me a good tip.

He told me to buy a double drain even though I was just getting a single tub. Then use a hole saw, a little more drain pipe and install a second drain fitting in the side of the tub near the top to act as an over flow. It works great.

Mark, I don't want to even guess at what causes your toilet to overflow .... Laughing out loud

Randy, when our water heater was replaced they put two pieces of hose it and ran them into a drain, one from the drain pan around the heater (in case it blows and becomes a gusher) and a second one from the pressure relief valve. It seems that it is fairly common for relief valves to let go when they get old, the spring weakens and snaps letting them run till someone notices.

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 01-17-2005, 08:17 Post: 104358
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Alarms are great, if there is someone to hear them, or the battery is not dead.

They also only tell you there is a problem, they don't do anything to help with it.

For about the same amount of installation time, and about $4 in material you can just put an overflow drain opening near the top and there is no mess to clean up.

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I've never been a big fan of those auto-shut off features, a neighbour lost his house because of one years ago.

He had a relatively minor (at the time) kitchen fire, he grabbed a garden hose and stuck it in the kitchen window, he only had the water running for a few moments when the water sensor under the kitchen sink detected moisture and shut off the water.

As soon as the water stopped he realized what had happened and beat it out of the house to wait for the cavalry, b y the time they got there the fire was already through the roof.

To add insult to injury, when the fire dept. got there they had the electric people disconnect the service to the house to make sure nobody got electricuted. When they did that the solenoid opened and the water went back on......

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