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It's just a water heater leaking gallons of water into the carpet. I'm sure it's not that big of a deal right?

Nope..no big deal...You do know how to swim....right?
look at it this way,if youve ever wanted to keep fish nows your big chance.......

Leaking on the carpet is preferable to it shooting through the house and breaking through the roof, and sailing a few dozen feet in the air and landing on your car.

Edit- but seriously, turn the water cutoff above it, attach a hose to the spigot at the bottom, put the hose by a floor drain or into the outflow for your washer or someplace where it goes right into a pipe. And let 'er rip. That'll reduce water damage.

[Edited by Dhampy, 5/5/2013 1:27:42 PM]

The architect of the water heater thought it would be a great idea to have a pan around where the spigot is and restricts water flow greatly since it pinches the hose pretty well. Shouldn't be a problem since I turned the water off to it.

Not looking forward to some cold showers I'll have to take though.

That happened to me once. I turned the water off, dryed the pipes with a blow dryer and used epoxy glue to cover the fissure. That fixed the problem until a plumber came... 2 days later.

That's the beauty of having contents or household insurance..lol

You don't want to make a claim on something so minor as replacing carpet.

They'll mark you as a risk and your premiums will rise for the next seven years.

Homeowners insurance is for when your house burns down or a tornado wipes you out, not for when repairs are less than a few thousand.

Doubly so with renter's insurance.

Bollocks any claim that is more than your excess should be claimed as that what house and contents insurance is for and a wet carpet is less likely to thrfow up premiums than burning your house down as they tend to frown on that