[Greenbuilding] Washer Overflow Trays How-to.

[Chris Green]

Bob wrote:
> Chris,
> This is excellent advice.  A minor expense indeed, compared to the 
> recovery from a leak.  It doesn't take much of a leak into ceiling or 
> walls to add mold to the mix.
Thanks. A minor expense for sure, especially compared to a friend of 
mine who's insurance company had to pay out $75,000 to repair the damage 
caused by the failure of a $6 supply tube. That was only a few years 
after they paid maybe $85- $100,000 for the whole house.
I've had a couple of flooding incidents here, but the cash costs were 
minimal. That was just s**t a** luck. Can't count on that the next time, 
so I'm going to make sure there isn't a next time.
> I'd only add that the (wall) cavity the feed pipes run through needs 
> to be air tight and insulated if there is any connection to an outside 
> wall or attic.  A frozen/burst pipe can bypass all of these 
> precautions - and may go longer undetected.
I don't favour running water lines in the outside walls if at all 
possible. Here in Canada, running water lines in the attic is insane. 
And none inside straw bale walls anywhere, except perhaps inside a 
plastic tube (salvaged or left-over plumbing pipe, for example) run 
horizontally through the wall and filled with spray foam  (if you can't 
find some other way to run the line--through the rim joist, for example.)

Cheers,

Chris Green.