Re: Temps around the world...
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I let our water drip all night in fear of this. Although there are three places where I'm subject to frozen pipes, the worst has always been the 2nd floor tub. Unfortunately, it has the type of single-control valve where if you put it on a trickle you'd only get cold water through, not hot, and both have been subject to freezing. Usually, my only choice has been whether or not I need to get up in the night (to run the water for several minutes) once, twice, three times, or every two hours. I don't usually have a problem till it's -5° or so... last night (and tonight) are well past that...
::::::: No disrespect to Axiom, but my favorite woofer is my yellow lab :::::::
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Presently 48F, 9C up here.
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I HATE frozen pipes. My old house had a bad habit of this.
If it's of any consolation to you Mark, it's -20 here today also but it is -30 with the wind chill factored in. Barely a breeze too, if it starts to blow it will get nasty.
With great power comes Awesome irresponsibility.
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Currently -18F at home in St. Charles. A balmy -8 at work in Chicago. Gotta love the urban heat island. Supposed to get up to 0 today. Yippee.
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Well the pipe unfroze without any breaks (as far as I can tell).
I'm exhausted after what must have been 60 trips from the basement to the second floor and back. My kitchen is full of pieces of plaster, wood, and loose-fill insulation...I hadn't cleaned it yet in case I ended up cutting more.
Still sucks, but it would have been worse if a pipe had burst obviously....
::::::: No disrespect to Axiom, but my favorite woofer is my yellow lab :::::::
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Glad to hear the pipes didn't burst. Mine froze up yesterday morning. We had -18 yesterday and today. It's -15 right now. Wind chills to -45 at times. Too damn cold for me.
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Good work on catching it before it burst!
Premature pipe bursting is not something you want to admit to on this forum.
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Mark, I am so sorry to hear of this misfortune. My thoughts are with you.
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Mark, so sorry to hear about your frozen pipe but happy you resolved the situation with a minimum of deconstruction. I'm a bit worried about my pipes cuz I'm currently vactioning in sunny, warm, beautiful Palm Desert, California. I keep track of the contrast between Cleveland's weather and Palm Desert's. Just a slight difference in current conditions. I see that Palm Desert is expecting a high of 75 today, while Cleveland will be 70 degrees cooler
Jack
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I love these threads, I usually win.
It was 52 the other day...wait, make that minus 52 with the windchill, minus 39 without. Only went for a twenty minute walk with the dog.
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