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Quick plumbing questiong about freezing pipes.
Posted on 1/22/14 at 8:28 am
Posted on 1/22/14 at 8:28 am
We're out of town for the upcoming freeze. I got a friend to go run our outdoor water taps. Do you think that's enough to take pressure off the system for the freeze coming up tomorrow night?
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Posted on 1/22/14 at 8:28 am to SpidermanTUba
Sure, that's all you need to do.
Posted on 1/22/14 at 8:29 am to SpidermanTUba
probably so, but he could also just turn off the main, then drain the system.
Posted on 1/22/14 at 8:30 am to SpidermanTUba
If your house is in New Orleans you will be fine. It's not going to be that cold.
Posted on 1/22/14 at 8:31 am to Woody
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If your house is in New Orleans you will be fine. It's not going to be that cold.
My crawl space pipes froze the last time it got as cold as its expected to get tomorrow night. So yeah - it is going to be that cold.
The under house pipes are completely not insulated and totally exposed to the outside.
This post was edited on 1/22/14 at 8:32 am
Posted on 1/22/14 at 8:32 am to Woody
Is your house on piers or a slab?
If slab your fine, if piers might need another line dripping.
If slab your fine, if piers might need another line dripping.
Posted on 1/22/14 at 8:32 am to GeauxWolfpack
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If slab your fine, if piers might need another line dripping.
Piers. We have front and backyard taps running.
Posted on 1/22/14 at 8:35 am to SpidermanTUba
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We have front and backyard taps running.
I hope you mean dripping - not a steady flow.
Posted on 1/22/14 at 8:35 am to SpidermanTUba
Wrap your pipes before it freezes again. Why would you not do this after last time?
Posted on 1/22/14 at 8:35 am to SpidermanTUba
It was 26 degrees a few weeks ago. Tomorrow night may get to 29, most forecasts are saying 31 or 32. Dripping your faucets should be fine to prevent freezing/bursting in a light freeze.
Posted on 1/22/14 at 8:42 am to madamsquirrel
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Wrap your pipes before it freezes again. Why would you not do this after last time?
My house is over 100 ft long and there's pipe running underneath it the whole length.
Its not a trivial task.
Posted on 1/22/14 at 8:43 am to LSURussian
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Sure, that's all you need to do.
LSURussian has made a testable prediction!
If the pipes do burst, at least I can gloat over LSURussian being wrong!
Posted on 1/22/14 at 8:44 am to skinny domino
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I hope you mean dripping - not a steady flow.
Of course. Why? Would a steady flow do anything other than kill me on water charges?
Posted on 1/22/14 at 8:46 am to SpidermanTUba
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Of course. Why? Would a steady flow do anything other than kill me on water charges?
just asking - I'm use to viewing checklists, that would be one of the check offs.
Posted on 1/22/14 at 8:48 am to SpidermanTUba
Shut main off and drain lines...
Don't forget to turn off your ice maker or it will burn up
Don't forget to turn off your ice maker or it will burn up
Posted on 1/22/14 at 8:50 am to thejudge
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Don't forget to turn off your ice maker or it will burn up
Did that before we left.
Posted on 1/22/14 at 8:59 am to SpidermanTUba
if you do this make damn sure you leave the faucet furthest away from the water supply running to make sure you have running water through the pipes, also if you have a hot water pipes under the house, this will not help them
Posted on 1/26/14 at 2:24 am to SpidermanTUba
Physicists have no freaking common sense at all.
So my friend comes by my house and shuts off my water for me and drains the system through the outdoor faucet. Awesome. No worries about freezing pipes.
Wife, kid and I get home an hour ago from San Antonio - a long arse drive (came from Big Bend the day before) - first thing I wanna do of course is turn the water on.
So I go to the meter. I try as hard as I can with pliers to turn it. Then I try a vise grip. It won't turn. It occurs to me, maybe its reverse threaded? I turn the other way! It turns 1/4 turn, I have water!
But none comes out! WTF?!? Does it need to go another 1/4 turn? Won't budge. Starting to flip out.
Then I whip out my trusty internets phone and do a quick google search, and I find out I am a total idiot. I turn the meter valve back to where it was when I took the lid off of it 30 minutes and 100 curse words before, walk to my outdoor hose, turn the hand valve just underneath it - and of course water comes rushing out the hose, and the day is saved.
I have been shutting the water on and off at the meter every time I need to kill the water, getting muddy, struggling to get the right grip with the pliers - like an idiot - all along was this hand valve under the outdoor faucet!.
What I find hard to believe is that none of my previous landlords ever took the time to show me where the shut off valve was at any of the places i rented. Tomorrow I am going to show the tenants where their shut off valve is (its a duplex), so if they bust a pipe for any reason, they can kill the water without ruining the house.
Its OK - you can all call me a moron now. I approve in this instance.
So my friend comes by my house and shuts off my water for me and drains the system through the outdoor faucet. Awesome. No worries about freezing pipes.
Wife, kid and I get home an hour ago from San Antonio - a long arse drive (came from Big Bend the day before) - first thing I wanna do of course is turn the water on.
So I go to the meter. I try as hard as I can with pliers to turn it. Then I try a vise grip. It won't turn. It occurs to me, maybe its reverse threaded? I turn the other way! It turns 1/4 turn, I have water!
But none comes out! WTF?!? Does it need to go another 1/4 turn? Won't budge. Starting to flip out.
Then I whip out my trusty internets phone and do a quick google search, and I find out I am a total idiot. I turn the meter valve back to where it was when I took the lid off of it 30 minutes and 100 curse words before, walk to my outdoor hose, turn the hand valve just underneath it - and of course water comes rushing out the hose, and the day is saved.
I have been shutting the water on and off at the meter every time I need to kill the water, getting muddy, struggling to get the right grip with the pliers - like an idiot - all along was this hand valve under the outdoor faucet!.
What I find hard to believe is that none of my previous landlords ever took the time to show me where the shut off valve was at any of the places i rented. Tomorrow I am going to show the tenants where their shut off valve is (its a duplex), so if they bust a pipe for any reason, they can kill the water without ruining the house.
Its OK - you can all call me a moron now. I approve in this instance.
This post was edited on 1/26/14 at 2:28 am
Posted on 1/26/14 at 2:47 am to SpidermanTUba
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So my friend comes by my house and shuts off my water for me and drains the system through the outdoor faucet.
This should help, for the most part.
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Awesome. No worries about freezing pipes.
They absolutely CAN still freeze and burst, even if this is done.
This post was edited on 1/26/14 at 2:47 am
Posted on 1/26/14 at 2:55 am to TheDude321
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They absolutely CAN still freeze and burst, even if this is done.
I left my faucets dripping and the pipes definitely still froze somewhat. Not enough to burst, but when I turned them up full blast the next day, they shuddered and spat for a little while.
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