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That midnight water heater failure in my rental basement
I was replacing a faucet washer under a sink at 11pm when the tenant's water heater burst and flooded the crawlspace, so I shut the main valve, called my buddy with a sump pump, and we got it drained before the drywall soaked through, but now I'm wondering how you all handle emergency calls when you're already mid-job, has anyone else juggled two disasters at once?
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terry_lewis211mo ago
Wait, a whole crawlspace flooded from one water heater and you got it drained before the drywall even soaked? Sounds like you handled it fine. Most emergency calls are just people overreacting to a little water. Maybe you were already mid-job and just got lucky with the timing. Honestly, half the time the "disaster" is just a loose hose or a bad valve. You should've just taken a pic, sent it to the landlord, and dealt with it in the morning. The only real emergency is if the water's near an outlet or rising fast, which it clearly wasn't. You did the right thing by shutting the main valve, but I bet you could've just left it and grabbed a beer instead of calling your buddy at midnight.
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