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re: Drip faucets or turn off water
Posted on 2/20/25 at 7:12 am to dgnx6
Posted on 2/20/25 at 7:12 am to dgnx6
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They don’t build raised homes with pipes exposed in north Atlanta suburbs.
Your pipes aren’t going to burst from one night in the upper 20s. Which was the joke.
People in South La act like it will.
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Posted on 2/20/25 at 8:00 am to VandyBoysWhistler
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Neighbor says he turns water off because we are on septic tanks and not sewers.
I am on septic tank also and I have no idea why it matters if you drip.
Posted on 2/20/25 at 8:06 am to VandyBoysWhistler
Posted on 2/20/25 at 8:26 am to Scoob
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To heck with the water bill, I think mine was $10 more for the month. I don't want to deal with busted pipes.
100% this.
Maybe you need to, maybe you don’t. How about, when in doubt just do it? $10 is pretty cheap insurance against water remediation and pipe repair.
Posted on 2/20/25 at 9:11 am to VandyBoysWhistler
I bought a couple of those hose bibb auto drip devices...one near where the water enters and one on the farthest run. I checked them this morning and both were doing exactly what they should.
They start to drip when the water temp gets to 37 and stop above that. The one farthest down the run was running fairly well...for about 2 mins and stopped which kept the one near the beginning barely a drip...then it stopped.
Pier and beam house so this covers almost the whole run...cold water side anyway. I recommend them.
They start to drip when the water temp gets to 37 and stop above that. The one farthest down the run was running fairly well...for about 2 mins and stopped which kept the one near the beginning barely a drip...then it stopped.
Pier and beam house so this covers almost the whole run...cold water side anyway. I recommend them.
Posted on 2/20/25 at 9:42 am to Odysseus32
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My FIL shut off the water during the snow this year and that turned out to be a mistake. He was without water for a day.
He was without because he didn't want to turn it back on until the snow passed, or he could not get to the meter because of the amount of snow?
I'm in Jefferson Parish and never dripped during the snow storm. All I did was keep my meat thermometer near the furthest faucet (master bath) and would check the water temp before bed and when I first woke up. Neither hot nor cold ever dropped below 52.
Posted on 2/20/25 at 10:22 am to VandyBoysWhistler
Damn, tough kids playing ball in freezing temps
Posted on 2/20/25 at 10:38 am to VandyBoysWhistler
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Headed to Kannapolis, NC to watch our son play baseball.
Good luck to Braxton.
Posted on 2/20/25 at 10:41 am to The Boat
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People in Louisiana drip faucets when it’s gonna be 28.
And I will continue to do so, better safe than sorry, at the cost of assuaging your feelings on the matter.
Posted on 2/20/25 at 10:43 am to VandyBoysWhistler
I have lead pipes. They don't crack, they expand.
Posted on 2/20/25 at 10:44 am to VandyBoysWhistler
If you get water from a gravity feed system (water tower) then drip your faucets. Otherwise open the cabinet doors to keep the pipe heated. Cover any water pipes that are on the attic or outside.
Posted on 2/20/25 at 11:24 am to VandyBoysWhistler
I have never dripped faucets. I wrap all outdoor spigots and open cabinets when it is below 20 degrees. The only time I have had spigots damaged due to freezing was on spigots remote from the house…and there’s not much you can do about that.
Posted on 2/20/25 at 11:51 am to Tenfold
You honestly don't know because you're an idiot.
Posted on 2/20/25 at 11:52 am to VandyBoysWhistler
Schedule dishwasher to run while you sleep. This is the best cheat code for frozen pipes.
Posted on 2/20/25 at 11:52 am to VandyBoysWhistler
Posted on 2/20/25 at 12:00 pm to VandyBoysWhistler
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Do I drip faucets Friday to Sunday or shut off the water?
You can drip them and HOPE they won't freeze or turn the water off and drain them and be sure. If it's not to much of a PITA to turn off the water, that's what I'd do (and did at our vacation house in the NC mountain back in the day when we were away...)
Posted on 2/20/25 at 12:44 pm to Lonnie Utah
I've had my water freeze even with a drip and it was pretty crappy. For a week I had to go to lake ouachita and hammer a hole in ice to get buckets of water to flush toilets.
It was 4 degrees here last night. Literally ice on the inside of our windows. Cold enough that the windows themselves drop below freezing even with the house being 75
I small stream all our faucets now and no problems. I also have to heat a shed with well equipment. I heat the airspace under the floor which keeps the whole thing good.
Every house is gonna be different. If I was leaving the water would be off and lines drained. The damage from a burst pipe with no one home to shut it off would be catastrophic
It was 4 degrees here last night. Literally ice on the inside of our windows. Cold enough that the windows themselves drop below freezing even with the house being 75
I small stream all our faucets now and no problems. I also have to heat a shed with well equipment. I heat the airspace under the floor which keeps the whole thing good.
Every house is gonna be different. If I was leaving the water would be off and lines drained. The damage from a burst pipe with no one home to shut it off would be catastrophic
Posted on 2/20/25 at 5:45 pm to TexasTiger89
Son plays college baseball.
Posted on 2/20/25 at 5:58 pm to BugAC
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And I will continue to do so, better safe than sorry, at the cost of assuaging your feelings on the matter.
Not my feelings. Science and having a brain.
Posted on 2/20/25 at 6:08 pm to The Boat
BR feel like temp was 19 degrees last night 
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