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What outside temp do you cover your faucets?
Posted on 12/19/16 at 9:23 pm
Posted on 12/19/16 at 9:23 pm
All of mine are built into the house (no visible pipe). How cold would it have to be for you to worry about insulating them in a new house with great insulation?
25
Posted on 12/19/16 at 9:24 pm to Jibbajabba
Below 20
I mean covers are like $5.. Why not be a little proactive in this case?
I mean covers are like $5.. Why not be a little proactive in this case?
This post was edited on 12/19/16 at 9:26 pm
Posted on 12/19/16 at 9:24 pm to Jibbajabba
Teens
Posted on 12/19/16 at 9:24 pm to Jibbajabba
Never if there is no visible pipe.
Edit: hadnt been cold enough where ive lived. Maybe teens
Edit: hadnt been cold enough where ive lived. Maybe teens
This post was edited on 12/19/16 at 9:26 pm
Posted on 12/19/16 at 9:25 pm to Jibbajabba
Inside?
I'm thinking let the water drip and open all cabinets to let heat into cabinets.
If all inside, I think you'd need single digits to even worry?
I'm thinking let the water drip and open all cabinets to let heat into cabinets.
If all inside, I think you'd need single digits to even worry?
Posted on 12/19/16 at 9:26 pm to Jibbajabba
quote:Dummy, try-
What outside temp do you cover your faucets?
"What forecasted low temp will make you protect your faucets?"
Posted on 12/19/16 at 9:27 pm to Jibbajabba
-20? I don't know.
We hit -9 actual temp out here last weekend, and I didn't do it. It's been there and colder multiple times, and I haven't done that.
A cocker spaniel peeing on the living room rug because she won't go outside is a different issue.
We hit -9 actual temp out here last weekend, and I didn't do it. It's been there and colder multiple times, and I haven't done that.
A cocker spaniel peeing on the living room rug because she won't go outside is a different issue.
Posted on 12/19/16 at 9:29 pm to Jibbajabba
Sub 25 for more than 6 hours for me. I think that is on the cautious side too
This post was edited on 12/19/16 at 9:30 pm
Posted on 12/19/16 at 9:29 pm to Jibbajabba
Gotta be below freezing for a long period of time.
Posted on 12/19/16 at 9:29 pm to AUbagman
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Below 20
You have no fricking clue about what you're talking about on this topic. 
Posted on 12/19/16 at 9:30 pm to Jibbajabba
I may wrap it in a towel if it gets to 25. I usually just leave a trickle going at the faucet that's nearest the supply line.
Posted on 12/19/16 at 9:31 pm to Jibbajabba
Below 30 Just to be on the safe side
Posted on 12/19/16 at 9:31 pm to Jibbajabba
25
Posted on 12/19/16 at 9:36 pm to Jibbajabba
Has anyone here had a faucet freeze and bust?
If so, about how cold was it that night?
If so, about how cold was it that night?
Posted on 12/19/16 at 9:39 pm to Twenty 49
Depends a lot if youve got an older house with pipes in attic or underneath on pier and beam
or a newer house, with pipes in slab
or a newer house, with pipes in slab
Posted on 12/19/16 at 9:40 pm to PairofDucks
quote:
You have no fricking clue about what you're talking about on this topic.
Ah, right.. You're under the assumption all homes are created equal. If you don't reside in a hard freeze area, it's probably a good idea if temps get abnormally low for the area. But hey, they aren't my faucets.
This post was edited on 12/19/16 at 9:42 pm
Posted on 12/19/16 at 9:42 pm to Jibbajabba
Bout tree fiddy
Posted on 12/19/16 at 9:42 pm to Jibbajabba
My criteria for freeze protection is based on time below freezing not the low temperature.
Posted on 12/19/16 at 9:43 pm to Beauregard96
-30
Posted on 12/19/16 at 9:45 pm to Twenty 49
quote:
Has anyone here had a faucet freeze and bust? If so, about how cold was it that night?
Never. It routinely gets into single digits or well below zero out here for days on end whenever we experience a polar vortex.
I blow out my sprinkler system in October so that it doesn't get damaged during the winter because I can't forecast everything, but the rest of this is new to me.
I didn't know people still did this shite. My grandma talked about doing this, but I have never done it.
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