Now figure out where your water shut off to the unit is. Also the gas shut off! You will be smarter than the average home owner! You might even save your neighbors some money and grief.
Two things you don’t want to be looking for when you need them in a hurry
A couple years ago my neighbor called me in a panic because her nanny locked herself out of her condo with water boiling on the stove. She was about to call the fire department. I told her I would shut the gass off in the basement til she got home. “Oh you can do that?”
I feel sorry for this poor bastard. Apparently the shut off was in the street and not accessible and the city wanted $200 dollars to shut off. I tell my guys never to start work before you know where the shut offs are located.
My buddy had a plumber do something like this.
Plumber: where is the shut off!?!?
My buddy: I have no fucking idea aren’t you the plumber!?!?
Turns out the shut off is in the sidewalk under a metal cover you have to pry up and reach down with a stick to move the lever.
This is so painful to watch. It goes on for like 15 minutes. It’s like an old submarine movie where a pipe breaks - only in the movies someone usually gets a wrench on the pipe in a hurry
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