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Why do pipes freeze down south when they didn't growing up in the northwest?
Posted on 1/17/18 at 11:59 am
Posted on 1/17/18 at 11:59 am
I grew up in the PNW and we never left faucets open or tried to find pipes to put heating pads on or even covered outside spigots and it got significantly colder than it does down here in TX. Never had a pipe freeze growing up.
Why is that? It has to be a contruction/code thing re: actual piping materials used right? I mean we had houses on slabs too, not everything was dug well under ground into a basement or anything. I'm not sorry for the dumb question, the google machine wasn't much help.
Why is that? It has to be a contruction/code thing re: actual piping materials used right? I mean we had houses on slabs too, not everything was dug well under ground into a basement or anything. I'm not sorry for the dumb question, the google machine wasn't much help.
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Posted on 1/17/18 at 12:00 pm to YipSkiddlyDooo
Homes are built different
Posted on 1/17/18 at 12:00 pm to YipSkiddlyDooo
House design. I probably have 300' of total exposed water pipe at my place.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 12:01 pm to YipSkiddlyDooo
Ya unnerstand times was differnt then son.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 12:01 pm to YipSkiddlyDooo
Insulated pipes...
Posted on 1/17/18 at 12:01 pm to YipSkiddlyDooo
Freeze line in the north generally is 6-8’ below the surface. This is also why you have basements.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 12:02 pm to YipSkiddlyDooo
Global cooling. Pay them taxes boy!
Posted on 1/17/18 at 12:06 pm to 4WHLN
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This is also why you have basements.
Arid soil helps too I imagine. Never had a basement growing up though.
Also did some construction over the summer in college where we dug in and laid water/sewer/irrigation lines to new housing development. None of the lines going to the homes were buried deeper than the ones going to my old house in Ft Worth. Again, why I was curious.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 12:06 pm to YipSkiddlyDooo
Pipes up north a buried over 3' below ground, or deeper then the frost layer.
because they know they will see sub freezing temps, they insulate and protect the pipes better.
Why do some house in the north not have A/C.....
because they know they will see sub freezing temps, they insulate and protect the pipes better.
Why do some house in the north not have A/C.....
Posted on 1/17/18 at 12:07 pm to YipSkiddlyDooo
The pipes in the northwest had to walk to school uphill both directions in the snow. That made them tougher and better able to keep from freezing.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 12:10 pm to tigeraddict
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Why do some house in the north not have A/C...
Well you can't buy a new house even in Western WA any more that doesn't have A/C, even though there is only 1-2 months where you would use it regularly. Does new construction in DFW (for example) take into account the fact that there will be temps capable of freezing pipes every year?
Posted on 1/17/18 at 12:36 pm to YipSkiddlyDooo
If your pipes grew up in the northwest, they’re from hardy stock and a rugged upbringing, but being away from their homeland has made them soft.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 12:40 pm to YipSkiddlyDooo
Frost proof exterior valves, exterior supply lines buried below frost lines, interior plumbling behind insulated structures. No magic. Just sensible yankee planning.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 12:40 pm to tigeraddict
At least for footings they are supposed to be deeper than 42" below grade to protect from frozen soil.
It was 4°F (-15°F low) as a high a week or two ago and I dont know anyone that had any issues.
It was 4°F (-15°F low) as a high a week or two ago and I dont know anyone that had any issues.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 12:41 pm to YipSkiddlyDooo
It was one of the breaks we had to take from losing the Civil War. Thanks for bringing it up again.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 12:41 pm to tigeraddict
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Why do some house in the north not have A/C.....
My childhood home doesn't have A/C.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 12:43 pm to Giantkiller
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It was one of the breaks we had to take from losing the Civil War. Thanks for bringing it up again.
sorry baw, my bad
Posted on 1/17/18 at 12:43 pm to YipSkiddlyDooo
Houses aren't built with "wet walls" up north. Plumbing comes up from a central location and is distributed from there. Here you'll have plumbing running in exterior walls because they were stubbed out in the foundation in such locations. Combine that with thinner walls and less insulation and you get frozen pipes.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 12:48 pm to YipSkiddlyDooo
basements
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