sikacz wrote: Mon Feb 15, 2021 9:08 am
Wino wrote: Mon Feb 15, 2021 8:54 am
12F w/2-4" of fresh snow. Power company doing rolling blackouts for 10-20 min. none here so far. My outdoor faucets I left dripping quit dripping during 1 AM hour according to my Flume (no water usage - been showing .1 GPM since started). Jake left another turd deposit that melted thru snow and one yellow spot says he peed too. He was excited with snow after I pushed him out the door, but didn't waste time getting job done before wanting back in. Supposed to be in hi 20's all day. Sun coming out. Forecast colder tonight - single digits - any melt will be refrozen and supposed to start sleeting next day. No doubt I'll have burst faucets or pipe before this is over, so filled bathtub this morning so can at least flush toilet if have to turn water off. This shit isn't supposed to happen in SATX !! Is it OK to blame dumb donnie?? LOL
If you have a few faucets open it might save your pipes. It’ll relieve pressure within the system.
Any outside taps should be left open but shut off indoors. Keeping water running slowly through any exposed pipes can help, and a hair dryer or heat lamp can thaw pipes before they burst. Probably too late for heated tape wraps. We have one bath the is over a (back) doorway that the pipes have frozen but luckily no burst. I put heat tape around them, then foam pipe insulation, then far more insulation under the pipes. I'm sure the cord for the tapes isn't code, but I don't need burst pipes, and I keep it plugged in all winter--they haven't frozen up since. In the spring I can unplug it.
Been delayed in getting our radiant heat going, and using the back-up furnace instead.
I'm surprised folks in Texas don't have oil burners, NG, or propane heat. Then you can power them with a generator, no problem--the electric just runs the controls and the fan--no heavy wattage like electric heat.
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