I recently read a post / comment whereby there was a recommendation that if you are away from your home more than 24 hours, then you should turn the water off to avoid potential catastrophic damage. When I go away I have always tended to turn ours off, that's typically anything from a couple of days to a couple of weeks. I have a bathroom tap with a very slow drip (on the to do list) so when I come back it's lost some pressure but within 2 or 3 seconds the gauge on the PRV is back where it should be.
My question is though whether turning water on and off like this causes any undue stress? I read somewhere that push fits can be affected by the changes in pressure etc. and we do have some of those fittings in places.
What I tend to do when turning back is do it slowly and then bleed out any air upstairs by opening taps slightly to avoid the stress it may put on fittings.
Just interested in the general consensus... I'd love to have some kind of smart stop device that would intervene and stop the flow if in holiday mode. I know some things do exist in the market but nothing that seems to match exactly.
My question is though whether turning water on and off like this causes any undue stress? I read somewhere that push fits can be affected by the changes in pressure etc. and we do have some of those fittings in places.
What I tend to do when turning back is do it slowly and then bleed out any air upstairs by opening taps slightly to avoid the stress it may put on fittings.
Just interested in the general consensus... I'd love to have some kind of smart stop device that would intervene and stop the flow if in holiday mode. I know some things do exist in the market but nothing that seems to match exactly.
