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Title: Our pipes are frozen this morning...no water
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Published: Jan 8, 2010
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Post Date: 2010-01-08 11:27:56 by christine
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it's cloudy with no sun to warm us up. the high predicted today is 35. currently it's 26 degrees (feels like 17). could be hours before the pipes unfreeze. i'm going nuts already.
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#72. To: Original_Intent (#69)
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every boat/ship is a minesweeper...once! a fairy tale starts out, once upon a time; a sea story starts out, this is a no shitter.
Your welcome! I learned the hard way after moving up to Idaho. But thankfully, we never had any pipes other than the one bib and the one area from outside burst. We have been here ten years now. So I am getting to be an old hand at this!
Damn, Christine that sucks. I'm sorry to hear that this happened to you. I hope they don't burst on you. I had that happen a couple of years ago and it's expensive. After that experience I had the plumber wrap all of the pipes with this electric covering that I was able to plug in during the extreme cold. It was probably overkill for the Ozarks, but better that than having to go through that crap again.
"The Central Intelligence Agency owns everyone of any significance in the major media." ~ William Colby, Director, CIA 1973–1976 The purpose of the legal system is to protect the elites from the wrath of those they plunder.- Elliott Jackalope "When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves in the course of time a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that justifies it." - Frederic Bastiat
That doesn't always work. When my pipes burst a few years ago I had every faucet in the house trickling, to include the bath tubs. I later found out that there was a section of pipe under the crawl space where the insulation had somehow come off and of course this is where it burst. It was a very expensive lesson to learn. I ended up installing this high speed, low drag insulation that has a heating element in it that I can plug into the wall when it gets super cold. I've also learned that it is important to crawl under the house and check the pipe insulation every fall.
"The Central Intelligence Agency owns everyone of any significance in the major media." ~ William Colby, Director, CIA 1973–1976 The purpose of the legal system is to protect the elites from the wrath of those they plunder.- Elliott Jackalope "When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves in the course of time a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that justifies it." - Frederic Bastiat
Well, I guess this'll teach you for being a deadbeat and not sending in your global warming carbon credit tax into Goldman Sachs NYC. All seriousness aside, you NEVER EVER want to let an outside faucet drip in cold weather, it will freeze everytime. Your outside faucets are most likely a freezeproof type, meaning that the actual valve seat is about a foot inside the house. When you shut off the faucet, the water in the outlet pipe needs to be able to drain out, which is why you need to disconnect garden hoses. I'm guessing you have your water meters outside in a box somewhere in your yard and that's where it froze. Here, they're inside the house and all water lines are buried below the frostline. If you have access to the box you might want to look inside it to make sure the pipes or the meter aren't broken. You might want to put a bale or two of straw on top of the box to insulate it. Leaving a little water drip INSIDE the house will keep enough water flowing through the pipe outside to keep it from freezing. It also acts as a pressure relief if the pipes do freeze and may keep the pipes from bursting. Make sure you get those outside faucets flushed out and shut off & check for any water leaks if they broke. I don't think you should have to mess around with heat tape or any thing like that, but if you do, call me. Usually we dont get problems with frozen pipes around here until it gets below zero and stays there a while.
Boy that would be a bummer. But chances are better of not having pipes burst if you trickle your water than if do not. I don't even know if we have what you would call a crawl space under the house.
There is no doubt that it is better to trickle water than not. I did not mean to imply otherwise. Even after we put the new insulation on and had it plugged in we tricked the water. It did suck. Mainly because in the town we lived in there was only one plumber and it took him three days to get to us. I hate going without water. We now live in a different town and rent out house, so I definitely turn the water on. However, to be safe, instead of a trickle, I keep all the faucets on at the lowest steady flow that I can get it. Especially tonight when they say it's supposed to get to -7.
"The Central Intelligence Agency owns everyone of any significance in the major media." ~ William Colby, Director, CIA 1973–1976 The purpose of the legal system is to protect the elites from the wrath of those they plunder.- Elliott Jackalope "When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves in the course of time a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that justifies it." - Frederic Bastiat
Pikers. The HVAC guys around here charge that much to change a furnace filter (filter not included). If you want a serviceman to even think about seeing you in these parts, you'd better have at least $10,000 in The Ye Olde Sock.
In texas your water supply and meter are on the outside of the house, above ground? Must be nice to be that certain it would never get cold enough to freeze. If this is really the case, then some standard plumbing heat wrap would do the trick to thaw it now and keep it from freezing again in the future. Most of the heat wrap kits have a built in thermostat in the plug so that it only comes on when temps dip below 35 degrees. I'm not sure if you'll be able to get one locally though, since pipes never freeze in Texas. :P However, I'd try calling hardware stores, just in case.
Some of the pictures I've seen of southern water meters are like a plastic box in the ground with the top of the box flush with the ground. Access to the meter is by removing the top of the box. You certainly wouldn't get by with that here in NE Indiana.
my supply line is no more than 16 inches under ground at the deepest which is next to the house and less than 6 at the meter. there is about 20 inches of the supply line exposed to air before it goes into the wall and up to the attic. heck even out main breakers are outside here.
It used to be that the frostline here in Fort Wayne was three feet. I'm thinkin' that with all this global warming, 42" should be the new minimum. Maybe 48".
Not so, my friend. Down here they're all an inch to three, outside the exterior wall. (The builder saves ten to twenty bones/house.) We don't even have lever controls for the washing machines.
Think of the loot you saved tho on the original cost????
I grew up in Iowa there the code was 48 inches minimum and the meter was inside. but hey there were times I'd have to dig 8 feet down in the snow to oil the windmill.
Don't flush the toilets. Prolly too late for this wisdom.
"Satan / Cheney in "08" My house down here in Indianapolis on a concrete slab but I'd like to learn more about those anti-freeze outdoor faucets, right? Hose spigots, hot tempered and all that... There's no spigots like hose spigots like no spigots I know...
In 2007, the FBI reported on concern about white supremacists recruiting soldiers, saying "hundreds" of neo-Nazis were in the active military. But in April, a Department of Homeland Security report on extremism that reiterated much the same point was widely criticized by veterans groups and some conservative politicians as being unpatriotic, leading the Justice Department to retract the DHS report. Critics acknowledge that extremism in the Army is a touchy political subject. A Fred and Ethyl ping!
In 2007, the FBI reported on concern about white supremacists recruiting soldiers, saying "hundreds" of neo-Nazis were in the active military. But in April, a Department of Homeland Security report on extremism that reiterated much the same point was widely criticized by veterans groups and some conservative politicians as being unpatriotic, leading the Justice Department to retract the DHS report. Critics acknowledge that extremism in the Army is a touchy political subject. What did the trick?
You know what's screwed up? All that shit is done now by Govt union workers. You ever stare those fucks straight in the eye? It's funny, they get all cross-eyed and crazy.
In 2007, the FBI reported on concern about white supremacists recruiting soldiers, saying "hundreds" of neo-Nazis were in the active military. But in April, a Department of Homeland Security report on extremism that reiterated much the same point was widely criticized by veterans groups and some conservative politicians as being unpatriotic, leading the Justice Department to retract the DHS report. Critics acknowledge that extremism in the Army is a touchy political subject. You should've been been here this summer when I was getting my PhD in toilets. My wife was really miffed about the line of potties I had set up in front of my shop for testing.
Lend me $22 billion dollars and I think I can set up a publishing company that deals exclusively with spigonometry.
In 2007, the FBI reported on concern about white supremacists recruiting soldiers, saying "hundreds" of neo-Nazis were in the active military. But in April, a Department of Homeland Security report on extremism that reiterated much the same point was widely criticized by veterans groups and some conservative politicians as being unpatriotic, leading the Justice Department to retract the DHS report. Critics acknowledge that extremism in the Army is a touchy political subject. $22 billion? That's so 90s. I just got a $2 trillion grant to study the effects of dryer lint & elevated humidity on stuff kept in garages. Wanna take a wild-ass guess as to what my preliminary findings are four dollars into the study?
That's so 90's :)
In 2007, the FBI reported on concern about white supremacists recruiting soldiers, saying "hundreds" of neo-Nazis were in the active military. But in April, a Department of Homeland Security report on extremism that reiterated much the same point was widely criticized by veterans groups and some conservative politicians as being unpatriotic, leading the Justice Department to retract the DHS report. Critics acknowledge that extremism in the Army is a touchy political subject. some years back (30 or so) my dad was doing something with a house he owned, any way he had installed a precast cement stair for the front porch. as the V.A. was involved they sent an inspector to check stuff, the guy measured the height of the top stair from the ground and said because it was 1/2 inch higher than code it required a railing. so my dad kicks some dirt into the corner where the measurement was taken and said measure it again, that completed the inspection with no railing ever being installed.
A perfect example of understanding the purpose of having laws versus rules. None of us need rulers, but could all use a... I'll shut up now :)
In 2007, the FBI reported on concern about white supremacists recruiting soldiers, saying "hundreds" of neo-Nazis were in the active military. But in April, a Department of Homeland Security report on extremism that reiterated much the same point was widely criticized by veterans groups and some conservative politicians as being unpatriotic, leading the Justice Department to retract the DHS report. Critics acknowledge that extremism in the Army is a touchy political subject. we turned on the hot water spigots as you recommended. turned up the heat in the house. opened the cabinets. then Bill went out with the hairdryer and heated both hose bibs. then suddenly water started coming out of all the faucets.
They have pills for that now.
LOL try living in Sacramento, land of the perpetual fog.
"The only thing better than a Federal Reserve audit would be a Federal Reserve autopsy." ~ unknown
Glad we were able to help. :)
In 2007, the FBI reported on concern about white supremacists recruiting soldiers, saying "hundreds" of neo-Nazis were in the active military. But in April, a Department of Homeland Security report on extremism that reiterated much the same point was widely criticized by veterans groups and some conservative politicians as being unpatriotic, leading the Justice Department to retract the DHS report. Critics acknowledge that extremism in the Army is a touchy political subject. Cool. I was hoping SOMETHING would work for you, and it looks like the combination of things actually did something useful... :)
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i got in the shower and said out loud, ah, glorious water. ;)
Sorry, no but the answer we were looking for was versed lawyer I'm being told by the judges vermin lawyer would have worked as well, I'll have to get back to you on this.
In 2007, the FBI reported on concern about white supremacists recruiting soldiers, saying "hundreds" of neo-Nazis were in the active military. But in April, a Department of Homeland Security report on extremism that reiterated much the same point was widely criticized by veterans groups and some conservative politicians as being unpatriotic, leading the Justice Department to retract the DHS report. Critics acknowledge that extremism in the Army is a touchy political subject. Hey, there are families reading this site, tone it down eh?
In 2007, the FBI reported on concern about white supremacists recruiting soldiers, saying "hundreds" of neo-Nazis were in the active military. But in April, a Department of Homeland Security report on extremism that reiterated much the same point was widely criticized by veterans groups and some conservative politicians as being unpatriotic, leading the Justice Department to retract the DHS report. Critics acknowledge that extremism in the Army is a touchy political subject. I'll take Peered reviewed studies for $200, Alex.
Put a sock in it already, dopey. You got about 50 guys who've been waitin' around all day for the pics. You tryin' to start a riot or sumpthin'?
it's a wonder humanity survived all those hundreds of thousands of years without hot showers. if i happened to live long enough, i guess that's what i'd miss most about our glorious modern world... that's what i think about when i'm in the shower if there's nothing else to think about.
it would be a good thing to offer up a little prayer to the god of hot showers once in a while: "thank you, god, and please preserve us and our cleanliness. keep us clean the easy, pleasurable way."
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#73. To: christine (#70)
#74. To: christine (#0)
#75. To: MiracleRose7 (#66)
Good deal. If it is going to get cold tonight make sure you trickle the water at a few of the water facets furthest from the in source then you should not freeze up again.
#76. To: christine, Lod (#0)
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
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#77. To: F.A. Hayek Fan (#75)
#78. To: MiracleRose7 (#77)
Boy that would be a bummer. But chances are better of not having pipes burst if you trickle your water than if do not. I don't even know if we have what you would call a crawl space under the house.
#79. To: Cynicom (#43)
My last foray a year ago was $1100.
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
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#80. To: christine (#0)
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#81. To: Critter (#80)
In texas your water supply and meter are on the outside of the house, above ground?
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936)
#82. To: Esso, Critter (#81)
The best gun to have, is the gun you have, when you need a gun.
#83. To: IRTorqued (#82)
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936)
#84. To: Esso, all (#76)
Your outside faucets are most likely a freezeproof type, meaning that the actual valve seat is about a foot inside the house.
#85. To: Lod (#84)
Down here they're all an inch to three, outside the exterior wall.
#86. To: Esso (#83)
The best gun to have, is the gun you have, when you need a gun.
#87. To: christine (#16)
i'm having trouble lasting mere hours. ;)
#88. To: Esso (#83)
It used to be that the frostline here in Fort Wayne was three feet. I'm thinkin' that with all this global warming, 42" should be the new minimum. Maybe 48".
#89. To: Fred Mertz (#88)
#90. To: christine (#56)
the pipes just unthawed and we got water running!!!!! shower time !!!
"The real deal is this: the ‘royalty’ controlling the court, the ones with the power, the ones with the ability to make a difference, with the ability to change our course, the ones who will live in infamy if we pass the tipping points, are the captains of industry, CEOs in fossil fuel companies such as EXXON/Mobil, automobile manufacturers, utilities, all of the leaders who have placed short-term profit above the fate of the planet and the well-being of our children." - James Hansen
#91. To: IRTorqued (#86)
I grew up in Iowa there the code was 48 inches minimum and the meter was inside. but hey there were times I'd have to dig 8 feet down in the snow to oil the windmill.
#92. To: Dakmar (#88)
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936)
#93. To: Esso (#92)
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#94. To: Dakmar (#93)
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Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936)
#95. To: Esso (#94)
the effects of dryer lint & elevated humidity on stuff kept in garages.
#96. To: Dakmar (#91)
The best gun to have, is the gun you have, when you need a gun.
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#99. To: Dakmar (#97)
None of us need rulers, but could all use a... (inch or two?)
#100. To: christine (#0)
it's cloudy with no sun to warm us up.
#101. To: christine (#98)
then suddenly water started coming out of all the faucets
#102. To: christine (#98)
then suddenly water started coming out of all the faucets.
"The real deal is this: the ‘royalty’ controlling the court, the ones with the power, the ones with the ability to make a difference, with the ability to change our course, the ones who will live in infamy if we pass the tipping points, are the captains of industry, CEOs in fossil fuel companies such as EXXON/Mobil, automobile manufacturers, utilities, all of the leaders who have placed short-term profit above the fate of the planet and the well-being of our children." - James Hansen
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#105. To: Jethro Tull (#99)
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None of us need rulers, but could all use a... (inch or two?)
#106. To: christine (#104)
i got in the shower and said out loud, ah, glorious water. ;)
#107. To: Dakmar (#105)
Sorry, no but the answer we were looking for was versed lawyer
#108. To: Dakmar (#106)
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936)
#109. To: All (#107)
#110. To: christine (#104)
i got in the shower and said out loud, ah, glorious water. ;)
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