re: UPDATE PG 4: PSA.....Busted pipes are not covered under flood insurance?

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Why would you not go buy a torpedo heater and stick it under the house?

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Homeowners but you would be on the hook for the actual repairs to the pipes. Homeowners would cover any subsequent water damage to the house.

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I have a buddy heater I was going to put under there but with only a 1' crawl space it wouldnt fit and I wasnt too thrilled about placing an open flame under my house in such close quarters

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The moron doesn’t even know how insurance works. How would he even know what a torpedo heater is?

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you sure are mouthy for a little bitch. do you talk to your husband like that? Thats a good way to get a black eye or two

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if you can properly get it close to pipe, it shouldn't take long to thaw and you'd be watching it carefully. tie a roe to it to pull it out, push it in with a broom

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there are gas lines that run next to the water lines

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What Is a Flood? Flood insurance covers direct physical loss caused by “flood.” In simple terms, a flood is an excess of water on land that is normally dry. The official definition used by the National Flood Insurance Program is: “A general and temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of two or more acres of normally dry land area or of two or more properties (at least one of which is your property) from: Overflow of inland or tidal waters; Unusual and rapid accumulation or runoff of surface waters from any source; Mudflow*; or Collapse or subsidence of land along the shore of a lake or similar body of water as a result of erosion or undermining caused by waves or currents of water exceeding anticipated cyclical levels that result in a flood as defined above.” * Mudflow is defined as: “A river of liquid and flowing mud on the surfaces of normally dry land areas, as when earth is carried by a current of water.” Other earth movements, such as landslide, slope failure, or a saturated soil mass moving by liquidity down a slope, are not mudflows.

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If you can access any of the frozen pipes at all, wrap a heating pad around them and keep it on with the faucets open. This constant heat source will be conducted through the frozen pipes and should be much faster and less of a pain in the arse than a hair dryer.

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