That is odd. And disturbing seeing that I have several thousand of them at the property I work at.
Not sure what to tell you about the walls, when we have flooding issues we just try to get it dried out as well and as quickly as we can. If we tore open walls every time one of our idiot residents overflowed something we'd need a full time guy to handle it. [Reply]
I've had only 1 angle stop ever fail in hundreds...and it was a tiny pin hole from a piece of sand or small rock that ground a pin hole out if the side of the angle stop after 30 years
By fail I mean leak , like you had...I've had a shit load fail as in get plugged or refuse to shut off.... [Reply]
you definitely want to get air into the wall cavity if water got in there. If you don't, you WILL get mold. Really you want to cut off the bottom 2' of the sheetrock to do it right, but at a minimum, put a 2" hole every 6 inches and then put some floor mover fans to blow some air in plus the dehumidifers. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Iowanian:
The actual valve knob/handle just explode. The handle was broken off and water was spraying from that spot. N ver seen or heard of it before.
If the carpet isn't much better tomorrow I'll pull it up.
My biggest dilemma now is the holes in the wall....necessary or not? How many?
The good news is I have spray foam insulation so I'm not worried about that being wet.
Wow. I've never seen a failure like that before. The stem looks really brittle. What brand of valve is that? [Reply]
Originally Posted by Iowanian:
I'm pondering replacing every one in the house......and maybe going to see the plumber that installed all of them during construction....
Ironically, the plumber retired early and left the area, but the business is still in place.
I'm not sure that I expect them to do anything about it, but if they want future business they might do something like throw me a bag with a handful of better valves that I can switch out. It's easy to do, just a pain in the ass.
If I had to do what I did yesterday again, I'd be in a bad mood. [Reply]