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jwngei U-R-BAAAAAAAAAAD!!!!!!! ROTFLMAO....
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Ken
Sorry to hear your problem. I know this is after the fact but at home depot/menards etc. they sell a water/leak detector. About $7 it runs on a battery like a smoke detector. When the contacks on the bottom sense any moisture it rings a tone (about 85 decibals) to alert you. It saved my butt ONCE near my sump pump. They are kinda cute also besides making a great present for home warming gifts.
Hardwood
It is funny you mention that. You must be from the old school (or school of hrd knocks?) My father-in-law said the exact same thing to me 3 months ago. I was installing a new system when he mentioned it to me that I have no way of shutting off the water from my pressure tank with out shutting off the whole house. He then said the exact same thing you did and I NEVER thought about that till then. GREAT ADVICE I since had to re-do the plumbing job that he helped me with (I dont want to go there again, I should of done it my way the first time) I installed a new pressure tank and when I did this (using pvc  this time) I also installed a shut off from the pressure tank. NO LEAKS and now I have a upgraded system.
KEN
Maybe it is time to install a double tub there. Make sure only one is able to have water in and the other one could be a drywell for the little misses?
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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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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.
Best of luck.
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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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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......
Best of luck.
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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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You both have valid pionts. Seems like being extra, extra carefull might be the answer? Maybe that means do not leave a running sink under any circumstance? Just a suggestion not trying to insult anyone. In September my washing machine drain backed up from a glog. We werent home. The floor now needs to be replaced so we are in the same irritated boat Ken.
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