How often should you test your shut-off valves?
Grumpty's answer
Every 12 months
Why bother
Seized valves are useless in a burst-pipe panic. Standard upkeep. Dull and cheap, and a lot less dull than whatever it's quietly preventing.
When to start thinking about it
A few days' warning does it. Grumpty grumbles 3 days out, then leaves you alone. Mark it done and Grumpty sets the next one, every 12 months, so you can go back to forgetting it exists.
Let Grumpty remember it for you
Add it once. Grumpty tracks the date, grumbles when it's due, and rolls it forward the moment you mark it done. No spreadsheets, no sticky notes, no forgetting.
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