Water Faucet Shutoff After Each Use - Is It Necessary?

[paul234]

As for the toilets

I think I'll just shut them off after use with the existing hot and cold handles

Then if the valve washers wear soon I will attempt to replace. If that is not good I may have the plumber put in the ball lever valves. I'll cross that bridge if I get to it.

Yea, I thought the manual indicated the danger of flooding was if a seal or valve in the washer failed.

As for the toilets. I don't doubt you but I haven't heard of this problem and I can't OCD on toilets flooding too. I'd go nuts....

I forgot to mention I only wash about two loads every 7-10 days, as a single dude.

Toilets eh? don't get me paranoid

thank you all

 

[DADoES]

Toilet Trouble

 
I had a situation some years ago with the fill tube inside the tank splitting below the float.  Theoretically (although probably not at full line-pressure) the overflow outlet would have handled it ... but the split was spraying up toward the tank lid so the pressure was flooding water out under the lid.

Another luck situation.  I had walked past the bathroom moments before the split occurred, on my way out to work.  Heard water running so backtracked and found the problem happening.  It could have been much worse.

 

[AREnglish]

Water faucet shut off

Faucets experience the most use in the average home and need to handle quite a bit of wear and tear. The last time when I left the faucet on then the whole house was flooded. The lever was damaged and had to call plumbers in south jersey to fix this.

http://www.southjerseyplumbing.org/