Flooded Home No Not Mine !!!

[Bob_Roller]

There's been about 7 homes damaged on my block and one block each side of me in the last 5 years by failing plumbing inside the home .

The latest one had a failure on the upper level, while the owners were away on vacation for 2 weeks .

Early damage estimate is $100,000 to 130,000US !!!!!!

I don't know about any other areas other than my own, but the city supplied water pressure is averaging 85-95 psi, don't know what that works out to in kg/cm, or Kpa, but in my estimation it's quite high .

It's been as high as 115 psi at times .

I installed a water pressure regulator on the incoming pipe before it gets inside my home ( I don't have to worry about freezing temperatures) .

All of these failures were plastic and rubber hoses, typical cheap type that are used today in new construction .

I turn the water supply off to my home if I am gone overnight or longer .

[wa1udg]

My mother livs in a vacation community which had a small private water system.  The town  water system expanded, ran a high pressure main down the street  to a new development and plugged everybody in.  110 PSI.  Fixtures and washing machine  hoses blowing all over the place.  They didn't even MENTION buying a regulator.  Ever seen a garden hose nozzle at 100 PSI?  Dances like a snake.  A solid 50 PSI is PLENTY.  We use a submersible pump at 100 feet.  Cutoff at 40 PSI.  When my son was a kid he loved to bring our sprinklers to "Grammy"s" house and spin the bleep out of them.  SHe has a 50 PSI regulator now, BTW.