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re: Anybody had trouble with freezing pipes last night?
Posted on 1/7/14 at 11:12 am to SaintEB
Posted on 1/7/14 at 11:12 am to SaintEB
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She could rebuild a transmission, do all of the home repairs, and mow the lawn, but she is NOT touching the grill.
ETA: Just a clarification, I am not aware of any transmission rebuilding skills, but I'm not 100% sure she can't.
your wife likes to go to work on trannys huh.
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Posted on 1/7/14 at 11:12 am to Hammond Tiger Fan
All good!
Hope everything is okay! I had gotten off early from work yesterday to re-wrap some pipes to be extra safe...then we ran the water as well.
This is the first year we live in the house and wife wanted to be safe..everything is A-Okay though!
Hope everything is okay! I had gotten off early from work yesterday to re-wrap some pipes to be extra safe...then we ran the water as well.
This is the first year we live in the house and wife wanted to be safe..everything is A-Okay though!
Posted on 1/7/14 at 11:13 am to Hammond Tiger Fan
I let ever faucet drip last night. No issues this morning
Posted on 1/7/14 at 11:13 am to Hammond Tiger Fan
not my pipes because I let the water run in the kitchen sink but all my ginger plants in the front and backyard were all wilted. I'm sure they're going to die
Posted on 1/7/14 at 11:13 am to Bama and Beer
I had a toilet water supply line freeze in 2011 during the Super Bowl week Ice Storm in Dallas. The toilet was near an exterior wall. I have pier & beam and there was a ventilation hole at that spot in the beam where the 30 mph west wind was coming in. I dripped the sink faucet next to the toilet but that did no good. Next time I will plug up the foundation vent and stick something under the toilet flapper so it leaks all night.
Posted on 1/7/14 at 11:14 am to Hammond Tiger Fan
The Hot water lines of all things froze in my guest house. Theyre good now and it doesnt appear anything busted.
This post was edited on 1/7/14 at 11:16 am
Posted on 1/7/14 at 11:14 am to SaintEB
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outside with a blow dryer and defrosted it. I thought she was stupid for trying that
yep, I've done that before
Posted on 1/7/14 at 11:16 am to Hammond Tiger Fan
Yep, because I forgot to let the faucet drip like the night before.
Posted on 1/7/14 at 11:17 am to longhorn22
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This is the first year we live in the house and wife wanted to be safe..everything is A-Okay though!
I'm just past my first year living in mine as well. I wrapped the exterior main pipe coming into the house, but I only let a couple faucets drip. Tonight I'm letting all of them drip.
Posted on 1/7/14 at 11:19 am to Hammond Tiger Fan
Buddy of mine down the road let his drip and they still froze. I let mine with a steady stream and nothing. Ran everything except guest house hot and they froze.
Posted on 1/7/14 at 11:20 am to Hammond Tiger Fan
The supply line to my water heater froze last night. The wife got up and had cold but no hot water. I managed to get it with a little work... Was 13 here this morning
Posted on 1/7/14 at 11:22 am to lsuhunt555
Let my faucets outside drip last night and the night before. All were good except for 1. The coldest side of the house that gets no sun. Hopefully nothing bursts. But the pipes are actually inside the wall, only the faucet is exposed.
Posted on 1/7/14 at 11:24 am to Salmon
You on pier and beam or foundation?
Posted on 1/7/14 at 11:25 am to BugAC
If its a mild freeze empty the ice out of your ice maker, it will keep a slow stream of water running trying to make more ice. I have been doing this for years with no issues.
Posted on 1/7/14 at 11:25 am to pdubya76
I was renting a camp on amite river several years ago that was 10' off the ground with all cpvc water lines exposed underneath. Left hot and cold faucets drip and they froze anyway.
Moral of the story if you have a pier house with exposed pipes they are susceptible to freezing so you may have to let a little more water flow to keep them from freezing.
Btw it's best to drip exterior faucets hot and cold both drip rather than just a single faucet or two.
Moral of the story if you have a pier house with exposed pipes they are susceptible to freezing so you may have to let a little more water flow to keep them from freezing.
Btw it's best to drip exterior faucets hot and cold both drip rather than just a single faucet or two.
Posted on 1/7/14 at 11:35 am to Sl4m
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Moral of the story if you have a pier house with exposed pipes they are susceptible to freezing so you may have to let a little more water flow to keep them from freezing.
thats what i did with all mine, a steady stream seemed to work.
Posted on 1/7/14 at 11:39 am to Hammond Tiger Fan
When I went to to turn on the shower this morning the water just trickled out for about 5 seconds then it came full blast.
That was after I was washing clothes until midnight. If I hadn't done laundry I imagine it would have frozen solid.
That was after I was washing clothes until midnight. If I hadn't done laundry I imagine it would have frozen solid.
Posted on 1/7/14 at 11:57 am to Zappas Stache
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I had a toilet water supply line freeze in 2011 during the Super Bowl week Ice Storm in Dallas. The toilet was near an exterior wall.
Mine is located near an exterior wall as well. Did yours burst? Did you let it just defrost on its own?
Posted on 1/7/14 at 12:01 pm to Hammond Tiger Fan
The pipes at the office were frozen this morning. No one remembered to turn on the faucets the let them run overnight. 
Posted on 1/7/14 at 12:07 pm to Hammond Tiger Fan
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Mine is located near an exterior wall as well. Did yours burst? Did you let it just defrost on its own?
you sound almost as nervous as me. I feel like I need to be on my way home right now to get a hair dryer out and try and find where that thing is frozen, if it still is. It's still below freezing at my house, but it's 25 and not in the low teens like it is at work right now.
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