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Mon, Jul 3, 06 at 17:10
| We moved 2 months ago into a two year old new home.
A week ago the airconditioner service technician came to do maintenance on airconditioner. He spotted flooded carpets in the basement room adjoining the furnace room. It was not his job, but he helped find the leak source. It was the hot water drain faucet leaking. It must have been leaking slowly since some weeks. We called the hot water tank rental company. They come in and blame the builder, saying that the furnace room's floor is sloping towards the finished basement area and so the drain water would flow to there. This home was built by a very reputable Ontario, Canada,
What can I do now. Builder warranty has expired. Nobody
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| Get a leak detector which automatically turns off the water, such as Watercop. |
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- Posted by garden-guy(gw:garden-guy) onSat, Jul 8, 06 at 1:21
| Hot water drains have the same threads as a garden hose. Go to a hardware store and buy a brass hose cap. Put it on the drain fitting. I always install these because the shut off on water heaters is not completely fool proof. |
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