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PLUMBING EMERGENCY!

nefffffffffffnefffffffffff Registered User regular
edited May 2010 in Social Entropy++
sorry this should probably go into the help forum but I figured more people would see it here.

I'm at my girlfriends apartment and the hot water tap on her bathroom sink is running. When I say running, I mean turned on full blast. It is a sink with two knobs, and one faucet. I tried the shut off valve under the sink but it didn't work. It seems odd that both the faucet and the shut off valve would be broken. I tried the cold shut off too just in case(even though it's hot water coming out) and it didn't do anything.

Called the landlord, plumber won't be here for about 24 hours, and we are wasting a lot of water. Can anybody offer suggestions? It's an apartment building so we can't shut off water to the building.

EDIT: Also, each unit in this building has it's own hot water heater. Should I shut off water going to it? Don't I also need to shut off the heating element? If i did that, would it cut off all water to the apartment? Because it's my girlfriend's place I also don't have any tools.

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  • KovakKovak did a lot of drugs married cher?Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    its a

    SABOTAGE

    8-)

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  • George Fornby GrillGeorge Fornby Grill ...Like Clockwork Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    1: Put finger in hole
    2: make Dike jokes
    3:???
    4: Profit.

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  • mensch-o-maticmensch-o-matic Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    you should have posted to H/A

    more people will see it here yeah

    and most of them will mock you

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    you should have a water heater in the apartment

    try turning the water off at that point.

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    1) Go to your hot water system and turn off the water there.

    2) Enjoy cold showers

    3) Boil water in the kettle to do dishes.

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Alternatively, have you tried plugging your girlfriend's butt with your penis?

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  • satansfingerssatansfingers Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Smart Hero wrote: »
    you should have a water heater in the apartment

    try turning the water off at that point.

    out of the past five apartments i've lived in, only one had a water heater in the actual apartment

    (that water heater was located square in the living room)

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  • mensch-o-maticmensch-o-matic Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    see

    self-fulfilling prophecy

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    that's weird. I've got one

    Also I found out a couple outlets that hadn't worked since we moved in just needed to have their breakers reset. Thought I'd tried it when we moved it but I guess not.

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  • nefffffffffffnefffffffffff Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Smart Hero wrote: »
    you should have a water heater in the apartment

    try turning the water off at that point.

    yeah, is that safe? I read something online saying that you also need to shut off the power supply to the water heater so that the element doesn't super-heat the water in the heater, or work to heat an empty water heater. I have no idea how to do that.

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  • Calamity JaneCalamity Jane That Wrong Love Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    call the super and or slumlord and plead ignorance

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  • satansfingerssatansfingers Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Smart Hero wrote: »
    that's weird. I've got one

    Also I found out a couple outlets that hadn't worked since we moved in just needed to have their breakers reset. Thought I'd tried it when we moved it but I guess not.

    water heaters/breakers are always in the basement for me

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I'M ON IT

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Smart Hero wrote: »
    you should have a water heater in the apartment

    try turning the water off at that point.

    yeah, is that safe? I read something online saying that you also need to shut off the power supply to the water heater so that the element doesn't super-heat the water in the heater, or work to heat an empty water heater. I have no idea how to do that.

    okay, so shut off the breaker to your water heater, then shut off your water heater

    any place worth their salt ought to have stuff like the water heater labeled in your circuit box

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  • mensch-o-maticmensch-o-matic Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    if you dont know what youre doing then leave it the fuck alone until someone who does shows up

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Smart Hero wrote: »
    that's weird. I've got one

    Also I found out a couple outlets that hadn't worked since we moved in just needed to have their breakers reset. Thought I'd tried it when we moved it but I guess not.

    water heaters/breakers are always in the basement for me

    what's a basement

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  • StaleghotiStaleghoti Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    water drinking contest

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  • Viscount IslandsViscount Islands [INSERT SoKo HERE] ...it was the summer of my lifeRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Shit in the tank of your toilet.

    Then flush.

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  • TonkkaTonkka Some one in the club tonight Has stolen my ideas.Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    also

    righty-tighty


    lefty-loosey


    are you sure you did it the right way under the sink

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  • satansfingerssatansfingers Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Smart Hero wrote: »
    Smart Hero wrote: »
    that's weird. I've got one

    Also I found out a couple outlets that hadn't worked since we moved in just needed to have their breakers reset. Thought I'd tried it when we moved it but I guess not.

    water heaters/breakers are always in the basement for me

    what's a basement

    a magical land of rats and also more rats

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  • AMP'dAMP'd Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I thought this was another Mario Galaxy thread for a minute

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  • SheriSheri Resident Fluffer My Living RoomRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Blaket wrote: »
    Alternatively, have you tried plugging your girlfriend's butt with your penis?

    This

    This is a quality post

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    old schooool


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  • MulysaSemproniusMulysaSempronius but also susie nyRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Use this opportunity to fill containers for the coming apocalypse

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Smart Hero wrote: »
    Smart Hero wrote: »
    that's weird. I've got one

    Also I found out a couple outlets that hadn't worked since we moved in just needed to have their breakers reset. Thought I'd tried it when we moved it but I guess not.

    water heaters/breakers are always in the basement for me

    what's a basement

    a magical land of rats and also more rats

    I hear they're great xp for low level characters such as myself, tell me more

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  • SheriSheri Resident Fluffer My Living RoomRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    AMP'd wrote: »
    I thought this was another Mario Galaxy thread for a minute

    FUCK YOU

    Now all I want to do is play Mario Galaxy

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  • NotASenatorNotASenator Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Fari, that is a premium post.

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  • AMP'dAMP'd Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Sheri wrote: »
    AMP'd wrote: »
    I thought this was another Mario Galaxy thread for a minute

    FUCK YOU

    Now all I want to do is play Mario Galaxy

    The sequel is coming!

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    i am also a premium dancer

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  • RuckusRuckus Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Under-sink water shutoffs are notorious for being shitty and getting stripped easily.

    There's usually a hot-water shutoff on the output side of the waterheater, I'd recommend shutting it off there.

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  • RuckusRuckus Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Faricazy wrote: »
    i am also a premium dancer

    A dancer for money?

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    a tiny dancer

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Smart Hero wrote: »
    a tony danza

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Faricazy wrote: »
    i am also a premium dancer

    do all the ladies want to get carnal with you?

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  • TonkkaTonkka Some one in the club tonight Has stolen my ideas.Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Ruckus wrote: »
    Faricazy wrote: »
    i am also a premium dancer

    A dancer for money?

    Do anything that you want me to do.

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  • AMP'dAMP'd Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Smart Hero wrote: »
    a tiny dancer

    hold me closer

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Ruckus wrote: »
    Faricazy wrote: »
    i am also a premium dancer

    A dancer for money?
    Many girls want to be carnal with me because I'm such a premium dancer.

    GODDAMMIT CENTI

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    and then


    we were the elton johns

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    and that is Sammy Davis Jr. Jr.

    she is grandfather's seeing eye bitch

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