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 01-13-2005, 10:35 Post: 104125
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Just venting here. We had a big laundry room sink overflow and experienced a minor flood, doing some damage to the cabinets and subfloor. Why is it that vanity sinks are made with overflows but laundry, kitchen, and utility sinks do not? This seems to be the opposite of the way it should be. I think most vanity sinks are small and filled while somebody is standing in front of them, but big sinks take forever to fill. It's much more likely that someone will leave a big sink unattended while it's filling than they would a small one.






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This actually happened a few months ago, but every time I walk into the mud room it bugs the crap out of me. Time to do some repairs I guess.






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 01-13-2005, 17:48 Post: 104158
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Our overflow was a case of operator error. Since the sink takes (seemingly) 10 minutes to fill I walked away and got distracted by something. As a CRS impaired individual, I simply forgot about the sink for about 30 minutes. The HVAC vents did make nice floor drains. We have sensors under the dishwasher, washer/dryer and water heater that will shut the water off when leaks are detected, and the security system announces the problem and calls my cell phone. Unfortunately the sensors aren't under the sinks (which are hard-piped).






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My plan is to pull in some wires to the kitchen and mud room sinks and hook some more sensors into the existing alarm system, but having a couple of those battery powered alarms seems like a good idea until I can get roundtoit.






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Our hard wired alarm also shuts the water off at the water heater and pressure tank. I'm not gonna even try to retrofit an overflow in a porcelain sink, but I might give it a shot in our big plastic utility room sinks.






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For every story like that there are hundreds or thousands of homes flood damaged by burst hoses and other sorts of water leaks. Isn't flood damage the number one claim made on homeowners insurance?






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