u/Spiggots

So we received a notice from Aquarion that they need to replace the water meter. Bet a lot of you got the same notice.

Dude arrives at 8am, right on schedule. Show him to the meter.

Three minutes later, the sudden sound of rushing water like a fire main. Dude has sheered the main line and it cannot be shut off. He has no idea how to fix it or what to do.

For fifteen minutes - literally, fifteen minutes - I'm running around dropping towels while he waves a pipe wrench around fruitlessly, while also calling backup desperately. I ask can he shut it off at the street; he has no idea where that is.

Finally - again, 15 full minutes later - another dude arrives. That's the second dude you see in the video. Fiddles around for two minutes, seals it off.

By then Ive got two inches of water in my living room. It's over my shoes, soaking everything I own. My landlord arrives with an insurance adjuster, basically the whole damn first floor needs to be ripped out. Weeks of work.

Meanwhile I suddenly have no place to live, all my shit is destroyed, Aquarion is talking about replacing my lovely 3br home experience with a 3 week stay at La Quinta, and by the way this is all happening on a brutal work day. Like anybody needs this shit.

Moral of the story: be prepared with some plumbers epoxy putty, some wooden dowels, a backup plumber, or some other plan in place if these dumb bastards come to your house.

Because they will literally tear your house apart and walk away before 9am like it's nothing.

Somewhat inspired to find I was in a similar sad state as another poster that shared about their cracked seacock earlier this week.

Hoping to hear some perspective and feedback on repairs vs monitoring.

This is my galley sink drain seacock. I found it has this approx 1" vertical crack in the valve body. It is jot and has not leaked. I've shut the valve to reduce pressure and won't open again.

I had a mechanic check it out and his opinion was that it obviously needs to be replaced but could wait till end of season. Suggestion was to monitor, especially on a heel, but it should be fine with the valve closed.

I'm feeling pretty anxious about it, though, and am talking myself into an emergency haul out and replace. I'd probably do the whole assembly, seacock + through hull, and replace with something like a Groco with full flange.

But what do you guys think - it is a pretty small crack. Am I being overly paranoid? It will suck to haul and replace at this time of season. But I'm having visions of pounding upwind with a big heel and it suddenly rupturing.