Expert Mold Inspections & Environmental Testing in Montreal, QC

Whether you are returning from a vacation, say you are a Snowbird a go to Florida, Texas or Arizona for the winter, or you had an emergency, like pipes freezing and pipes burst and you had to close the domestic potable water supply in your home at the main water shut-off valve. There is a safe procedure for starting up the water supply in a home. Turning on your potable domestic water supply after it has been closed. 1: Close all faucets, except the tub or sink, on the highest level of the home. Make sure the stopper is removed and someone stays in the bathroom to ensure water does not overflow. 2: Secondly, partially turn on main water shut-off valve slowly; extra slow for lever, ball valves handles. Stop after you have completed ½ revolution on wheel handle of a gate valve, or a ¼ to ½ turn for lever handle, ball vale and wait until the water is flowing, be it slowly but constantly, the slowly turn off highest open faucet. During the start up time air will be pushed through the faucets fallowed by spirts of water until only water is exiting the faucets. 3: Listen for water pressure to equalize, the noise ends, them fully open main valve. Bleed air from lines by slowly opening and hot and cold faucets, one at a time, until air stops flowing and only water flows, then close each faucet. Repeat the process on all faucets until complete. 4: Turn power on to electric water heaters, boilers or other powered water circulation systems only after the water system is full and all...