SouthernNights
Past South Carolina Chapter Leader
Last year after the plastic check valve broke on the back of the water heater and flooded the basement it gave me an excuse to install two manifolds and replumb the basement.
I was going to move outside shower box out of the UDC and put it on the outside wall where it is easier to use but never got around to it. We really don't use it that much so it was on the back burner on the priority list.
We met Pete and Deb Fortin this weekend in NC. While talking with Pete he said he heard water running. Sure enough, the mixer valve on the back of the outside shower split in half and flooded the basement. I had just used the shower for a second and apparently didn't turn off the water, just shut it off at the head until I finished washing my hands.
Lesson learned and remembered-----all the parts and components on these trailers go to the cheapest bidder.
I should have replaced the faucets last year including the outside shower instead of putting it off. Next weeks project-go to plumbing store and buy better faucets and install in trailer.
I hope this saves someone's basement from a flood.
I was going to move outside shower box out of the UDC and put it on the outside wall where it is easier to use but never got around to it. We really don't use it that much so it was on the back burner on the priority list.
We met Pete and Deb Fortin this weekend in NC. While talking with Pete he said he heard water running. Sure enough, the mixer valve on the back of the outside shower split in half and flooded the basement. I had just used the shower for a second and apparently didn't turn off the water, just shut it off at the head until I finished washing my hands.
Lesson learned and remembered-----all the parts and components on these trailers go to the cheapest bidder.
I should have replaced the faucets last year including the outside shower instead of putting it off. Next weeks project-go to plumbing store and buy better faucets and install in trailer.
I hope this saves someone's basement from a flood.