Plumbing Crisis, Long distance.

Good thing SHlT doesn't run uphill!

 

IANAP, but one check could be to turn on just the hot water in the bathroom sink, then flush the toilet and see if there's reduced flow at the faucet.

 

In before someone makes a statement like where is the said beach house so they can go and help.

 

Whoa, that's some hot shiz!


Sorry, couldn't help myself.

 

Keep the hot water on. I would guess a healthy #2 would enjoy a Jacuzzi!

 

It does happen periodically. It wouldn't be wasteful at all, if the toilet did not "run" when it wasn't supposed to. If it continually runs, then it will be very wasteful. A good way to check is just to turn off the hot water out pipe from the hot water heater. Turn on your hot water only, at a sink. NOTHING should come out. Now flush the toilet, if the toilet fills, it's filling with cold water...............if it doesn't fill, it's connected to the hot water. It's not a big deal at all, unless for some reason down the road, the toilet continually runs.

 

Did you ask her the color of the urine, to see if she had been having a "piss up" at the Beach House?




I am not a plumber and I did not stay at a Holliday Inn Express last night. Sorry.

 

Never heard of it, but it makes sense.
I doubt it would be wasteful.

The story reminded me when my son called me in Minnesota from L.A. that the tub was about to overflow. Response should have been "I'll be right there!"

 

And now the Horsefly observation: Being a night owl, I was watching one of those late night home improvement shows. On one show, they were installing a "mixing valve" into the water line that feeds the toilet tank. Just as you mentioned, condensation on the side of the tank is a problem in humid environments when the tank is feed from the cold water line. SO, the cure to the problem is a small mixing valve that pipes a SMALL amount of hot water into the cold water line that feeds the tank. This raises the temperature of the water just enough so that it won't cool the tank enough to cause condensation on the outside of the tank.
Perhaps there is a mixing valve somewhere that is clogged up or adjusted wrong.

 

Just have her call a plumber with a lot of crack and you are good to go.

 

Maybe because this is a coastal home they might connect to hot so pipes wont freeze but I've never heard that.

How did she know the water was hot? Was she standing in it?

Was it just warm? Sometimes on hot days pipes can warm the cold side, esp. if non insultated copper.

 

Very poss.... you might want to check insulation in this wall if you keep the water turned on in the winter months. I suggest you cut it at the main during any months freezing is a poss.

GL

You should also teach your girls, when they get home, that there is a shut off valve under the toilet and how to use it...... simple lessons in life "dad".... Their husbands will thank you.

 

Good man

Fire extiguisher? Gas lines? Strange knocks on the door late at night? lol

 

Strange knocks on the door late at night: Smith & Wesson Airweight 5 shot revolver. 38 caliber. Load with 4 rounds for safety and leave hammer down on empty chamber. Smaller than other big revolvers and a good fit for smaller hands. No safety or clips to fiddle with. Simply point and pull the trigger.

Knock knock. Who's there? Burglar with 38 slug in his chest. Thud.

 

Hey, anyone heard from LAfun2? He DID mention being out of touch for the summer....

 

Negatory good buddy.........

Shotgun, short barrel with 6 rounds alternating slug, buck shot, shoot in the ceiling first then aim "near" the person. A very clear message.

Yes, I've tought my wife this..... don't even think about it.

There are cops that used to carry 38s that could hit the side of a barn with it.

 

Agreed, but make make the first round rock salt. Makes a hell of a sting.

 

Shotgun with two rolls of dimes works a whole lot better.

 

Is it possible that the bathroom was plumbed in some way for a warm water bidet hookup?