re: Frozen Pipe Prevention?

trickle water at farthest location from where it comes in the house. wrap your outside faucets. heater in a cold laundry room

I insulated my outside faucets and trickle water inside at the faucet farthest from the incoming line. Never had any issues.

Problem is the morning thaw might not be much for a couple days with temperatures not significantly rising high enough for a long enough period of time.

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Don't do laundry or dishes for as long as you can. When you get up to piss, and you will, run the DW. If you get up again, run a load thru the washer.

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And wrap a hot towel around your head.

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When you get up to piss, and you will, run the DW.

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Baw, you don’t have a delay on your dishwasher?

Your outside faucets freezing is not the issue literally ever that I've heard of. It's the pressure build up behind them. That's why you drip the faucets, to keep the water moving and prevent freezing behind them and to release pressure in the lines.

Thanks

Was thinking with the trickle the pump would kick in enough to keep it warm.

Definitely wont hurt to get a heat lamp though

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Frozen Pipe Prevention?

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Lay off the Evolution Peptides for a couple of days. Seems to work for me.

Another hint if your drain pipes are exposed. Before you head to bed pour a tad of anti-freeze in them. Won't take much.

I not only had all my exposed pipes (exterior faucets) wrapped when they were initially installed, I went and got a bundle of 6 inch wall insulation, re-wrapped them from ground and all around the faucet itself. After that, doesn't hurt to put a garbage bag over them, anchor it, as moisture can screw up the paper wrap on the outside of the insulation.

If you have an outdoor shop, don't forget it either. Most folks don't insulate their shop and the drain in it needs anti-freeze and the sink, if you have one, needs those water lines turned off preferably, and wrapped.