Water disasters? WE seem to have turned the corner from hot to wet, and since my shop is on my residential property, this may qualify as a work related story.
Wednesday, January 22, just after returning from ISS about 4:00 am, I wake to a sound like a jet engine or something.
I jump up to investigate, to hear it coming from the kitchen, and immediately step into 1/2" of hot water on the floor.
The sound is coming from under the sink, and when I open the cabinet door, water is blasting from the shut-off valve. The stem and handle had broken off!
I, of course raced to the shut-off at the water heater, and spent the next 30 minutes sweeping and vacuuming the water out.
All I could think was what if this happened when I was not here? This was not like us leaving the water on to the pressure washer, or even not shutting off the water supply to a washing machine to prevent a burst hose. Who the hell thinks about a valve failing this way? Even with the damn plastic stems?
