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Outdoor faucet frozen under kitchen island. What should I do?
Posted on 1/21/25 at 4:32 pm
Posted on 1/21/25 at 4:32 pm
Just realized I forgot to prepare for that faucet. It’s pex all the way to the faucet. Should I be ok or will it be a pain in the arse?
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Posted on 1/21/25 at 4:39 pm to shoelessjoe
Let it thaw out and see but pex is a bit more forgiving. If you are anxious then blow a hair dryer on the pipe but it takes a while to thaw doing that. If it does leak then you have to deal with it in the cold unless you have a cutoff valve for that line.
Posted on 1/21/25 at 4:44 pm to Zappas Stache
I do have a cutoff valve but never closed it like I should have.
Posted on 1/21/25 at 6:20 pm to shoelessjoe
From what the wife just told me, the faucet valves won’t turn so the faucet itself is frozen. How do I go about thawing the valves? Just take handles off and heat using hair dryer?
Posted on 1/21/25 at 8:01 pm to shoelessjoe
Just use a hair dryer. Or pour hot water on it.
Posted on 1/21/25 at 9:06 pm to shoelessjoe
Just wait. It's either FUBAR or not by now. Nothing you do now is going to change it's fate.
Posted on 1/21/25 at 9:35 pm to shoelessjoe
I have a similar setup and keep a light with a 100 watt bulb under when it freezes.
Posted on 1/23/25 at 2:49 pm to LEASTBAY
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I have a similar setup and keep a light with a 100 watt bulb under when it freezes.
Hard to find 100 watt incandescent bulbs in the LED era. I have 2 -150 wat bulbs on a liine voltage thermostat under our hot tub and have a helluva time finding them. Home Depot has them from time to time but not often.
Posted on 1/23/25 at 3:08 pm to AwgustaDawg
Right. I ordered it from somewhere a few years ago and keep it just for this.
Posted on 1/23/25 at 9:04 pm to LEASTBAY
All good now. Shutoffs under counter were frozen so I waited until they thawed, closed them and was able to open faucet and eventually started running. Had an outside faucet that had no water coming out so I just left it open and same thing this afternoon, it started to run. Thanks for the help.
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