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Frozen Pipes All Around : Avoidance & Fixes inside (1 Viewer)
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mr roboto
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shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
Cincinnati. It hasn't gotten above freezing since Christmas Eve. This is a pretty extended cold streak for us. We've been in this house for 12 years and my pipes have only frozen one other time.
mr roboto
Footballguy
I’ve always wondered about the areas like Southern Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, northern Kentucky etc. I mean they get cold sometimes. You’d think they wouldn’t let pipes be in shared walls with unconditioned garages.
NREC34
Footballguy
I remember when they did mine. It was a maroon color paper thing they put under there
STEADYMOBBIN 22
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Zegras11
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Hot Diggity Dog
Footballguy
How cold is your weather? If it is 20 degrees over night likely, if 32 degrees not so much. Lots of variables.
glumpy
breeze
culdeus
Footballguy
Hawkeye21
Footballguy
It's going to be considerably lower than your bill to replace any water pipes or water damage.
Chemical X
Footballguy
Sand
Footballguy
Got down to 8 last night here (wind chill -6). That's about as cold as I can remember. My pipes froze inside the house in an area I can't get to. This house (new to me) has survived going into the teens with no issues, so I didn't think this would be much worse. It got much colder than expected. Very lucky to get it unstuck without a leak. Took quite a while to get the heat to the affected area and thaw the pipe.
Hair dyer, space heaters and the sun helping on the outside a bit finally got the temperature up enough to break it loose.
fred_1_15301
Footballguy
I never thought about disconnecting the hose. Tried this evening and I couldn’t get the thing off. No water in basement so far so I’ll leave it alone until it warms up.
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
Sand
Footballguy
psychobillies
Footballguy
I'm sure it's been mentioned in here, but GB shark bite fittings. Nothing worse than trying to get all the water out of pipes so they can be soldered, especially when you are underneath a house in a cold wet situation. They work well on copper, cpvc and pex. They are expensive as hell, but worth every penny.
Buzzbait
Footballguy
Same here. Live in Cincinnati and have only had a pipe freeze one time.
I did have something else occur last week that has me concerned. I went into the garage and the floor was wet. There's a faucet in the garage and I immediately thought that was the culprit. Nope. On further inspection the area directly under the hose was dry and the water was more in the center of the garage. Only explanation I have is that the water table was so high that it came up through cracks in the garage floor. Not sure how worried I should be but for the present time I'll take it over a frozen pipe.
