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Frozen Pipes All Around : Avoidance & Fixes inside (1 Viewer)
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mr roboto
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PIK95
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Then I buy new ones. I don't really care if my garden hoses have leaks either now that I think about it.
PIK95
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Mine is still hooked up and live. I still use it to wash the salt off the Pilot. It's been pretty cold as usual here in R.I. and I still don't expect any issues.
mr roboto
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NutterButter
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STEADYMOBBIN 22
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Do you have a lot of water damage? Might not be worth the claim.
You need to get somebody out there to do way more than fix the leak. Depending on how much water you have you likely need a sensation company to do some demo (remove wet insulation, possible cut some walls up 1', year pad, if you have hardwood and that got wet say goodbye to the hardwood) and use sufficient drying equipment (blowers and DHs).
This is my line of work. Let me know of you guys have questions.
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PIK95
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eddiezz74
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Usually if you can prove heat was maintained in the home/business or you prove you shut off and drained the water if you were away, it should be covered including the plumbing repairs, mitigation and building repairs.
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Johnny Rock
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STEADYMOBBIN 22
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On a related note.... BE VERY CAREFUL on what you tel your insurance company. Think and research before you call. There are all kinds of odd protocols for what insurance will and won't cover depending on your policy. A few examples that are common....
Insurance WONT cover maintenance issues like a leak due to old shingles or rotten trim.
They WONT cover black rubber supply lines for your clothes washer that burst. ( they are supposed to be replaced every four years and really should be replaced with steel braided supply lines )
mold. - let's say that there is a leak that went unnoticed for quite some time and you have mold. They will cover the tear out and demo that's necessary to do the dry out but won't cover the mold remediation costs which can be really really pricey.
Groundwater. If you have a sump pump they will cover the damage if it's because you have a sump pump and the pump failed.
There are many more. There's also a little thing called "betterments and improvements" for folks who have condos and such.... Insurance company will cover the costs to replace your drywall walls, flooring, and cabinetry with "like kind and quality" BUT- only a dollar amount that will cover the cost to put whatever building materials were there when the place was originally built. So let's say you bought a condo and renovated the entire place. 6 months later your neighbor floods your place. Master policy for the building will cover and give you a dollar amount that will allow you to put the building back - the way it was when it was originally built. Your insurance will have to pick up the dollar amount between the original stuff and all of your upgraded stuff. So in other words, even if it wasn't your fault, you would have to make your own claim..
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shuke
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Well ####. Pipes are frozen in our laundry room, can't get water from utility sink or washer. The pipes run from the basement up into a wall that is shared with an unheated garage. I've had a space heater in there for hours under utility sink with no luck. Any suggestions? Temps here will get up to 25 tomorrow, but won't get above freezing until Sunday.
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msommer
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msommer
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glumpy
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Sounds like you need to get heat in the garage, focused on that common wall. The pipes might be frozen in there--hope they're not burst. Leave the taps open a little to allow for flow when it comes if they will, and just keep an eye on it.
The temps here won't get above freezing for another few days I think, and I keep a couple taps trickling on different ends of the house to keep it going. Got a heater In the wellhouse too.
PIK95
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More space heaters! Get a couple in the garage and blast the heat in the house. Leave faucet open in the utility room.
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nope grasches closed it was a sendicks for a little bit but now it is just an empty building i tried on my way to the pewaukee maynards a couple of weeks ago take that to the bank brochacho
SWC
Bromigo
psa a car in the wind gets colder faster and loses its engine heat faster than one that is not in the wind requiring more periodic starting in extreme temperatures so psa take that to the psa bank brohan
Ron Swanson
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UOFI_316
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Build some sort of enclosure on the garage side (old wood, plywood, tarps, blankets...) where the pipes are and put a space heater in there. You need to contain the heat to the area it is needed in, no sense trying to heat up the entire garage.
Hot Diggity Dog
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Will do no good, water expands on freezing any break is already there and plugged by the ice if it isn't leaking.
Hot Diggity Dog
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Put your running car in the garage close the garage door turn the heater on full and roll down the windows. ?
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NREC34
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I had a totally busted elbow. Guys already got a big hole in the ceiling and left to go get what they need to fix it. Luckily it was right where they first tore it out and looked. I’m just going to pay this without making a claim and not do the hardwood. I had a fan on it all night and hopefully averted some damage. Maybe redo it where it’s got a little damage if I ever sell the house. Going to have to do some painting in a few places on the ceiling later too after everything is done and dry and stuff. I guess it could have been worse.
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Be careful... not all damage is visible in cases like this. Also, without a proper mitigation, you could be looking at the start of serious mold issues.
Hot Diggity Dog
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No thawing relieves pressure as the H2O shrinks when it goes from solid to liquid form. The only way that would happen would be if you tried to superheat a small section to thaw the entire line. Water expands once it gets super hot I forgotten what the exact temperature is where water will fill the lowest volume but when you're thawing ice you're moving towards that point.
Spike
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DallasDMac
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Pipes, water leaks, pfffft, that's nothing. I forgot about the hummingbird feeder and it blew out the stopper. Now I have blue food colored water all over my patio! Tragedy. 
Hot Diggity Dog
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Your main water shut off of your entire house will shut it off. Also there should be a shut off above your water heater that'll shut off hot water only.
PIK95
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Things freeze, thaw, and refreeze. Of course you want to leave it open. Air pressure plays too.
Hot Diggity Dog
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There is no air in a water pipe until it is introduced by turning off the water pressure and opening a faucet. A water line that freezes will have no air in it. Leaving a faucet open will only let you know when water in the pipe thaws. Which could be helpful but it's not going to help prevent pipe damage except in limited circumstances.
jfranco77
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Minor suggestion... if your pipes are in a cabinet or closet or something, and the room they're in is heated, you can open the cabinet or closet and get them a bit more heat.
Or vice versa - if they are in a heated room in an otherwise cold basement, close the door to the heated room keep the heat in.
Or vice versa - if they are in a heated room in an otherwise cold basement, close the door to the heated room keep the heat in.
STEADYMOBBIN 22
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@shuke, you can Build one like this - you don't have to buy the poles if you do t need/want to. Just use blue tape.
Make sure the heater doesn't come into contact with the heat source.
Hopefully this makes up for me totally dropping the ball on that radon thing i said look into for you.
Fishboy
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Nathan R. Jessep
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A little more than a drip. I had a steady drip at near-trickle and it still froze. Going full-trickle from now on.
Steady thin line of water coming out.
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
I've done a steady drip before, only to find nothing coming out in the morning, but not frozen pipes. I'll be doing a steady stream starting tonight.A little more than a drip. I had a steady drip at near-trickle and it still froze. Going full-trickle from now on.
Don't forget to do both hot and cold, I've always just assumed I needed to do cold. When I thawed today, my cold line actually thawed first.
Nathan R. Jessep
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Yep, both for sure. In my shower, it was only the hot line that froze, due to (I assume) low trickle level. Cold water was fine. And both hot and cold to the sink, 4 feet away were fine. Good trickles there.
STEADYMOBBIN 22
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It's takes almost 3 days for wood framing to dry out.NREC34 said:
In my line of work EVERY homeowner underestimates how long building materials take to dry.
Also, any floor with a plastic underpayment WILL NOT EVER dry without tearing it out.
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