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Two sinks at my house have hot water but no cold
Posted on 1/16/24 at 12:16 pm
Posted on 1/16/24 at 12:16 pm
If I turn the cold water, nothing comes out.. but when I told the hot water handle, hot water will come out.
Any thoughts on this?
Any thoughts on this?
Posted on 1/16/24 at 12:18 pm to PenguinPubes
Your cold water is frozen somewhere
Posted on 1/16/24 at 12:18 pm to PenguinPubes
Cold line is frozen. Get in the attic, trace the lines and get out a blow dryer.
Posted on 1/16/24 at 12:19 pm to sledgehammer
Any concern for when it melts of it busting?
Should I leave cold water lines open, closed?
Should I leave cold water lines open, closed?
Posted on 1/16/24 at 12:21 pm to PenguinPubes
open them and some of the other faucets as well
ETA: Also open the cabinets where the faucets are frozen
ETA: Also open the cabinets where the faucets are frozen
This post was edited on 1/16/24 at 12:22 pm
Posted on 1/16/24 at 12:39 pm to PenguinPubes
quote:It's the freezing of the water that causes the pipes to burst. The thawing just reveals where the damage is.
Any concern for when it melts of it busting?
Posted on 1/16/24 at 12:39 pm to baldona
Feeling around all in attic and don’t feel any particular lines that are frozen
Posted on 1/16/24 at 12:40 pm to PenguinPubes
Are the sinks on the exterior wall? The lines could be frozen behind the sink, not uncommon.
Posted on 1/16/24 at 12:42 pm to PenguinPubes
Check your main supply line from outside.
Posted on 1/16/24 at 12:48 pm to PenguinPubes
Your cold water line is frozen. Leave open and when thaws at least water will go out your faucet into you sink.. otherwise if you broke a pipe it will go there .. do the sinks back up to an outside house wall.. if they do probably froze there ..
I have a kitchen sink and wet bar where they both back up to outside wall.. I keep the cabinet doors below open and them dripping… I have a faucet in kitchen where you have one handle to operate the water.. you side front or back depending if temp.. it is a pain to keep dripping because you have to play with it to make sure both hot and cold dripping.. few years back I thought I had it set but the hot must not had been dripping enough …it froze.. fortunately no bust and when dub hit the wall it thawed.. I usually make a point of getting up in night a making sure I run both hot and cold for a few minutes.
I hate outside wall pipes.
I have a kitchen sink and wet bar where they both back up to outside wall.. I keep the cabinet doors below open and them dripping… I have a faucet in kitchen where you have one handle to operate the water.. you side front or back depending if temp.. it is a pain to keep dripping because you have to play with it to make sure both hot and cold dripping.. few years back I thought I had it set but the hot must not had been dripping enough …it froze.. fortunately no bust and when dub hit the wall it thawed.. I usually make a point of getting up in night a making sure I run both hot and cold for a few minutes.
I hate outside wall pipes.
Posted on 1/16/24 at 1:33 pm to baldona
quote:
Are the sinks on the exterior wall? The lines could be frozen behind the sink, not uncommon.
Yes they are on an exterior brick wall. Any suggestions other than to just wait for it to thaw it.
TIA guys!
Posted on 1/16/24 at 1:43 pm to PenguinPubes
Open the cabinet and leave it open. Could put a heat lamp in there if you really want to.
This post was edited on 1/16/24 at 2:12 pm
Posted on 1/16/24 at 1:53 pm to PenguinPubes
If I were you I’d shut off the water to the house at the main ASAP if you have copper lines. Obviously cold water lines in at least one place have frozen and might have burst. If you don’t turn off the main, once the ice in the line melts you will flood your house.
If you have pex, just let it melt bc pex usually won’t burst.
If you have pex, just let it melt bc pex usually won’t burst.
Posted on 1/16/24 at 2:05 pm to MikeBRLA
quote:
If I were you I’d shut off the water to the house at the main ASAP if you have copper lines
It’s all pvc pipes.
Posted on 1/16/24 at 2:17 pm to PenguinPubes
It bursts because water expands when it turns to ice/freezes. It doesn't burst from melting.
Posted on 1/16/24 at 2:18 pm to PenguinPubes
quote:
Any suggestions other than to just wait for it to thaw it.
if you have a space heater or something, put it inside the cabinet
Posted on 1/16/24 at 2:32 pm to kengel2
quote:
PVC or pex?
If he's not smart to figure out this issues and drop his faucets, I doubt the will be able to tell the difference.
***For others - drop both the hot and cold sides of every faucet. Also monitor the attic temp.
Posted on 1/16/24 at 2:47 pm to PenguinPubes
quote:
Two sinks at my house have hot water but no cold
Same question, but in reverse.
Sink and tub in room farthest from water heater have cold water but no hot. Middle section of house has everything in working order. When I turn on both sink and tub hot water, nothing happens. When both are open and i ALSO open the cold tub faucet, the sink (while still on hot setting) starts flowing warm water, not hot. I am 99% sure hot pipes only run through attic. Washing machine is the closest thing to water heater that has hot and cold lines, hot water runs normally through there (just checked).
What am I looking at here?
Posted on 1/16/24 at 4:00 pm to greenbean
quote:
drop his faucets
Do you mean drip?
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