We recently had a surprise flooding of our basement. We are on city water and the water meter was spraying water all over the basement, including dowsing the hot water tank's flame. It's an unfinished basement that we use for storage and seldom go down there. If the lack of hot water had not alerted us, heaven only knows how much worse it could have been. As it turned out, only a washer needed to be replaced in the water meter connection (city's responsibility). We were warned, however, that the shut-off valve was corroding and would soon need replacing (homeowner's responsibility).
We recently had a surprise flooding of our basement. We are on city water and the water meter was spraying water all over the basement, including dowsing the hot water tank's flame. It's an unfinished basement that we use for storage and seldom go down there. If the lack of hot water had not alerted us, heaven only knows how much worse it could have been. As it turned out, only a washer needed to be replaced in the water meter connection (city's responsibility). We were warned, however, that the shut-off valve was corroding and would soon need replacing (homeowner's responsibility).