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Hello, I'm leaving tonight to go on holiday in Norway at my mums holiday house. I just spoke to her and she's turned off the main water valve because she was worried something would happen when she went away. However, she didn't open any of taps up like you're meant to to let the air out. The house has been empty for about 4 months, and now i'm worried that turning it on will cause some sort of disaster! Would it help to open the taps for a while to let the air out first- or what would you suggest?

Thank you so much for your help in advance

Kind regards
Hannah
 
Is house in this country? If so, just turn water on - everything should be fine but it's sensible to go around the house and listen.

If house is in Norway and it's been freezing, again, turn water on but spend a good while listening and looking around for unfrozen pipes. Basically, if the taps are off and WCs filled you shouldn't hear any running water.

Hope this helps give some confidence.
 
Hello,

thank you so much for your reply. It is in Norway, but the weather has been pretty good since it was last on, so hopefully no frozen pipes...I Was mainly worried about trapped air blowing pipes, but that might just be an overactive imagination!

Thanks again

Hannah
 
yes your imagination is being overactive trapped air won't do anything not even compress without anything to compress it. as you say the weather has been fine pipes shouldn't have frozen. if water just truned off there wouldn't be any air in the pipes anyway

steve
 

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