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re: Protip: open up your faucets every few hours
Posted on 2/14/21 at 10:30 pm to Chad504boy
Posted on 2/14/21 at 10:30 pm to Chad504boy
quote:
Water in lines can still freeze
Wouldn’t it be able to expand more horizontally down the line? Assuming you leave faucets open.
Is it better to leave the main on and allow faucets to drip or turn the main off and open up all the faucets?
Water moving vs expanding.
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Posted on 2/14/21 at 10:31 pm to Mohican
You are dripping the lines to relieve pressure when freezing. Not to simply keep water moving...for the most part.
Posted on 2/14/21 at 10:33 pm to jclem11
quote:
How long should you let the faucet run?
Either 2 or 288 minutes.
Posted on 2/14/21 at 10:39 pm to kciDAtaE
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You are dripping the lines to relieve pressure when freezing. Not to simply keep water moving...for the most part.
Huh? It's to not only keep water moving but also the water coming from the city main, which is buried pretty deep, is relatively warm.
Posted on 2/14/21 at 10:47 pm to Zappas Stache
quote:Why couldn’t I set the float a hair high?
Flush your toilet every couple of hours too.
Posted on 2/14/21 at 10:50 pm to Jim Rockford
Something else that people forget to do, particularly if their kitchen sink is on an outside wall, is open the cabinets under your sinks (kitchen and bathroom) to let the warm air in the house circulate around those pipes. Will also help curb potential pipes bursting.
Posted on 2/14/21 at 10:51 pm to White Bear
quote:
Why couldn’t I set the float a hair high?
That works.
Posted on 2/14/21 at 10:59 pm to idsrdum
I’m gonna drink until midnight then do this. Godspeed.
Posted on 2/14/21 at 11:04 pm to STBTigerr
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Set the dishwasher and washing machine on delay to turn on in the middle of the night.
This is what we do.
Great tip until the power goes out.
Posted on 2/14/21 at 11:57 pm to Cracker
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Why not just shut it off at the street and open and drain your faucets before you go to bed
About to find out. Just shut off water at the street at a house where occupant is not home. Opened a faucet at the far end and drained lines. Flushed the toilets and did the sign of the cross.
Didn’t want to just leave faucet running because we might not be able to get to it for a few days, when temps are brrrr and roads are iced,
Posted on 2/15/21 at 12:03 am to Jim Rockford
Even better advice cut the water off to your house from the valve and drain them if you can because nobody will be using it while you're sleeping.
Posted on 2/15/21 at 12:26 am to deuce985
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Even better advice cut the water off to your house from the valve and drain them if you can because nobody will be using it while you're sleeping.
Explain how you drain lines with in slab plumbing and no basement in LA
Posted on 2/15/21 at 2:35 am to Zappas Stache
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Flush your toilet every couple of hours too.
Trust me, once you get to a certain age you will have no issue with having to remember to do this.
Posted on 2/15/21 at 4:28 am to MikeBRLA
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Explain how you drain lines with in slab plumbing and no basement in LA
Posted on 2/15/21 at 4:35 am to MikeBRLA
You open up faucets and bleed off the pressure until it goes flat (baw speak for nothing else comes out).
Posted on 2/15/21 at 4:35 am to TrapperJohn
I almost screwed Up. Laying in bed I checked phone and saw temp was down to 33. Trying to go back to sleep I jumped out of bed cause I realized I didn't turn pool pumps on
Posted on 2/15/21 at 5:25 am to RealityTiger
Frick, I just realized I have a sample of a thermal protection valve in my desk at work. Could have hooked that thing up and had a skating rink when I woke up.
Posted on 2/15/21 at 5:50 am to TrapperJohn
Sorry you don’t understand how gravity and vacuums work.
If you have a slab house without a basement and turn the water off at the main, and then turn on a few faucets, all that does is relieve the water pressure. There will still be water in your pipes that can freeze and burst your pipes.
On the other hand, if you have a basement, you turn the water off at the main, then open a faucet at the lowest point in the basement, then open all faucets up on upper levels (to break the vacuum) and then all pipes are drained out of the basement faucet. Then you have empty pipes and are good to go. If you have in slab supply lines without a basement you cannot do this.
If you have a slab house without a basement and turn the water off at the main, and then turn on a few faucets, all that does is relieve the water pressure. There will still be water in your pipes that can freeze and burst your pipes.
On the other hand, if you have a basement, you turn the water off at the main, then open a faucet at the lowest point in the basement, then open all faucets up on upper levels (to break the vacuum) and then all pipes are drained out of the basement faucet. Then you have empty pipes and are good to go. If you have in slab supply lines without a basement you cannot do this.
Posted on 2/15/21 at 6:55 am to MikeBRLA
so if i have a house on piers, i could theoretically do this with the faucet at the lowest point?
Posted on 2/15/21 at 7:02 am to SlowFlowPro
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so if i have a house on piers, i could theoretically do this with the faucet at the lowest point?
Yes open all the faucets and shower etc then open a low point drain and the water will drain out but if you have any pipes that don’t slope to the low point or have sags you could still have trapped water. Compressed air works well to blow out lines if you have the connections for it.
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