Welp, mine sure the heck are frozen. Not even a dribble. Left them all dripping and cabinet doors open. It's just too damn cold! Good thing I set aside a bunch of empty containers full of water.
We're lucky, seems we've still got everything. I think. We left some dripping, but also we have all interior pipes, nothing on an exterior wall, nothing close to a north- or west-facing wall, and no crawlspace.
I left a little heaterfan thing in the garage, blowing directly onto our concrete slab. I know it isn't much to heat up a massive mass of rock, but it is about 10 feet from a spot we have a "belly" in a drain pipe that runs under our kitchen. This spot has frozen up in the past and caused a backflow of water from our washing machine drain hose, so I thought it might just give us a few more degrees of heat in that area to help. Who knows, I'm probably just wasting energy, but I thought it was worth a shot and we haven't frozen up yet - so I'm gonna claim credit! lol
I left a little heaterfan thing in the garage, blowing directly onto our concrete slab. I know it isn't much to heat up a massive mass of rock, but it is about 10 feet from a spot we have a "belly" in a drain pipe that runs under our kitchen. This spot has frozen up in the past and caused a backflow of water from our washing machine drain hose, so I thought it might just give us a few more degrees of heat in that area to help. Who knows, I'm probably just wasting energy, but I thought it was worth a shot and we haven't frozen up yet - so I'm gonna claim credit! lol
That I will agree. I ain't goin' NOWHERES.
We have about half our house frozen, unfortunately that includes both showers. Might get a little stinky around here before the thaw.
At least they’re PEX so I’m hoping nothing bursts.
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If they're empty, where's the water?
So far we are good on pipes here. Keeping space heaters in areas with exterior wall plumbing. Have all faucets dripping steady.
Just found a second problem now besides my heat pump not shutting off.
Apparently my slab has shrunken so much I have 6 kitchen tiles that have pulled loose and shaped like a tent 1/2 high at the joints. Amazingly the grout joints did not break even after I stepped on it. Hopefully they will lay back down as it gets back warmer. I have lived in this house 14yrs and that never happened.
Its friggin cold alright. Still snowing maybe 4-5inches so far. A few trees tops I see have snapped on the treeline behind the house. I don't think its because of ice or the 10 mi wind, I think they are just frozen.
Apparently my slab has shrunken so much I have 6 kitchen tiles that have pulled loose and shaped like a tent 1/2 high at the joints. Amazingly the grout joints did not break even after I stepped on it. Hopefully they will lay back down as it gets back warmer. I have lived in this house 14yrs and that never happened.
Its friggin cold alright. Still snowing maybe 4-5inches so far. A few trees tops I see have snapped on the treeline behind the house. I don't think its because of ice or the 10 mi wind, I think they are just frozen.
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