I am almost certain that this "to do" item is not on your list of things you need to do prior to leaving on your next vacation destination.  Here's how to get away without getting all wet!

We make checklists on paper or make mental notes prior to departing to our vacation destination.   Did you bring the tickets? Check, Did you lock the door? Check, Did you shut off your water line to the washer? (Record scratching noise) What?, Why?

Imagine for a moment that you leave for say just a week and your water line to the washer breaks (rubber hoses that are under water pressure can wear over time) and sometimes spring a leak. You then have water pouring out like a fire hose on to your carpets, your furniture, and seeping into your walls. If your laundry room is upstairs than your drywall ceilings will get saturated and will likely come down as well, and this could be going on all week while you are away basking in the sun!. You come home after a week to a whole new set of problems on top of those problems you left to forget about in the first place!

Leave the water back at the lake or ocean paradise. One way to avoid this potential disaster is to turn the cold and hot water valves off in the laundry room that connect to the washer prior to leaving on your vacation getaway. That could help you from getting "all wet" 

May the source be with you

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