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re: Drip hot and cold? What’s your strategy?
Posted on 1/23/25 at 12:08 pm to Old Man and a Porch
Posted on 1/23/25 at 12:08 pm to Old Man and a Porch
Let's just say you have a frozen water line....for those of you that have experienced this, as it thaws, wouldn't you have a slow drip, trickle etc before you got water running full pressure again? Asking because, against my wife's instruction 
, I didn't run water last night because we have pex in the attic with insulation and I've never had a problem. Woke up this morning and no water. By 10am the faucets I left open all started running at full pressure. Just not the behavior I expected if my "pipes" were indeed frozen in the attic.
, I didn't run water last night because we have pex in the attic with insulation and I've never had a problem. Woke up this morning and no water. By 10am the faucets I left open all started running at full pressure. Just not the behavior I expected if my "pipes" were indeed frozen in the attic. 
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Posted on 1/23/25 at 12:28 pm to lsugrad35
Exterior wall kitchen sink, dripped the cold only (mistake 1), cabinet doors were closed (mistake 2) for Tues night this week.
Woke up to no issues throughout the house other than no hot water flow at kitchen sink.....bc frozen in the wall there or somewhere nearby. Pretty quickly remedied with hair dryer on low facing the wall space in there.
Lesson learned: open cabinet and drip both hot and cold next time, I suppose.
Woke up to no issues throughout the house other than no hot water flow at kitchen sink.....bc frozen in the wall there or somewhere nearby. Pretty quickly remedied with hair dryer on low facing the wall space in there.
Lesson learned: open cabinet and drip both hot and cold next time, I suppose.
Posted on 1/23/25 at 1:28 pm to Old Man and a Porch
I run the dishwasher at 9pm or 10pm and then I set the washing machine to run on sanitize hot around 0300.
For the other side of the house, my wife usually takes a scalding arse shower around 9:30 - 10. Then I take an old man piss around 2-3 and run the hot water while I do.
For cold, I drip the kitchen, my bathroom, and one upstairs sink.
For the other side of the house, my wife usually takes a scalding arse shower around 9:30 - 10. Then I take an old man piss around 2-3 and run the hot water while I do.
For cold, I drip the kitchen, my bathroom, and one upstairs sink.
Posted on 1/23/25 at 2:35 pm to lsugrad35
My mom has a raised house and she has Pex underneath going to her washing machine. She ran it Tuesday night but it froze in between the times she was supposed to run it. Anyway unfrozen now and no leaks in the Pex. The low got to about 18 where she lives.
Posted on 1/23/25 at 2:40 pm to lsugrad35
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Let's just say you have a frozen water line....for those of you that have experienced this, as it thaws, wouldn't you have a slow drip, trickle etc before you got water running full pressure again? Asking because, against my wife's instruction , I didn't run water last night because we have pex in the attic with insulation and I've never had a problem. Woke up this morning and no water. By 10am the faucets I left open all started running at full pressure. Just not the behavior I expected if my "pipes" were indeed frozen in the attic
Do you have a well?
The pressure switch on the pump might have froze. Happened to us.
Posted on 1/23/25 at 2:55 pm to ellunchboxo
Nope. City water. I went up there and investigated. It's already running fine again, but based on my review of the situation I just don't see how it was a frozen line at least not in the attic. I mean its possible, but most of the pex is under blown insulation or wrapped in pipe insulation. I'm sure it only takes a small section of exposed to freeze and there are a few spots, but I just don't see it. And the behavior of being fully off with not even a drop to all of a sudden running like it was never off....seems fishy. I'm just trying to prove it didn't freeze so I have my credibility back.
Posted on 1/23/25 at 3:38 pm to lsugrad35
Probably frozen somewhere before it enters your house
Posted on 1/23/25 at 5:29 pm to lsugrad35
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And the behavior of being fully off with not even a drop to all of a sudden running like it was never off....seems fishy. I'm just trying to prove it didn't freeze so I have my credibility back.
As soon as the ice blockage starts to melt in the pipe with your faucets open. The water pressure is going to blast the ice blockage out with quickness.
Go ahead and take the loss to your credibility
Posted on 1/25/25 at 6:29 am to Old Man and a Porch
I Unplug the tankless and drip one hot faucet and one cold faucet in the house.
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