Water pipes frozen, what should I do?

[Ponce]

Well, got water from my water tank to make my morning coffee.......did my dishes with the hot water from the hot tub and rinse off with clean water from the water tank........keep the water line from the creek running so it would not freeze........ sun out today so that I had my hot box outside running to help heat my living room (under 28 at night).

Many things to think about for when TSHTF.....and all is working as it should........this summer I'll be using more barbewire around my inner fence that goes around my home....damn Zombies.....all working as it should.

And how was your day? cold where you are at?

V

[Serpo]

Not really , blistering heat here ....................

[singular_me]

thought you were living in cuba all this time... something I surely have missed ???

as I type this: 4F... freaking cold outside

[kiffertom]

get some shark bite fittings and plenty of pexx pipe. when it thaws replace the bad with the pexx. pexx is suppose to be able to freeze and not burst!

[madfranks]

I second the shark bite fittings, I've used them on a past project (ruptured radiant heating pipe) and it worked great.

[Ponce]

Serpo? lucky you, you must be living in hell....

Singular? I would probably not have a com if I was in Cuba.

Water tank about fifty feet from house and pipes under ground, not able to get to them......but I am getting along just great....another below freezing day..... sun just coming out.

V

[Hatha Sunahara]

Are your pipes ruptured? Or do they just not allow the water to flow because they are full of ice? Usually frozen pipes rupture and cause water damage in the house. If there is no rupture, then open a faucet or two so when it expands the pressure wont rupture the pipes. Also disconnect all garden hoses.

Hatha

[Publico]

Learned this from a plumber friend last year talking about super cold weather we experienced in the Midwest. If you get water from a public utility and the ground is frozen below the frost line take an arc welder, attach one clamp to the buffalo box (shut-off box) by the street, take the other clamp and attach it where the service line enters the house. Open a facet in the house, run the welder for 5 minutes, turn off for 5 minutes, continue cycling the on/off of the welder until the water begins to flow.

[mick silver]

are pile some wood on top of the pipe and burn away plus you can cook dinner

[monty]

Learned this from a plumber friend last year talking about super cold weather we experienced in the Midwest. If you get water from a public utility and the ground is frozen below the frost line take an arc welder, attach one clamp to the buffalo box (shut-off box) by the street, take the other clamp and attach it where the service line enters the house. Open a facet in the house, run the welder for 5 minutes, turn off for 5 minutes, continue cycling the on/off of the welder until the water begins to flow.


Works great with metal pipes, but I doubt it will work on pvc

[zap]

I have been letting the water drip.. I turn the water on in the bathroom sink then shut it down to a drip about every 5 seconds or so , so far so good, no frozen pipes here, PVC.

Way back when I remember the pipes freezing and we had to go get the trailer , an old airplane gas tank attached to a trailer and had to leave it in the front yard, I remember watching him at 7 am opening the valve and washing his face and bald head in that water it was 13 degrees outside .... something I will never forget, because I went right back into the trailer and got into bed, seeing my own breath, damn it was cold!

[Hitch]

I have been letting the water drip.. I turn the water on in the bathroom sink then shut it down to a drip about every 5 seconds or so , so far so good, no frozen pipes here, PVC.

When I got onto the boat yesterday, I found a water bottle frozen in the refrigerator. Figured it was cold around here after that. The drip advise kept the pipes in my RV from freezing thanks to Cebu's advise last month. The coldest I saw was 18 F with the wind blowing 25 knots. Not sure what the wind chill on that is, but definitely well below zero. That was in Georgetown, Colorado.

[Serpo]

Send your pipes too oz , we are having a heat wave................