.....are a nightmare

no water getting into the house at all

FUCK YOU WINTER!

Damn...that is not good.

I am tired of winter now. It can go away!

Wow, I thought by the subject that this was going to go in a whole different direction.

I can relate.

No hot water ughh.

I've been letting all my faucets drip for the last few days.

vainandy said:

for the last few days all I've had is "Did you not let your taps drip?"

No.....and it's too late now!

Never forget to protect pipes with old blankets

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[Edited 1/11/10 15:49pm]

the pipes in the kitchen did a few days ago..left the faucets dripping after that..
frozen florida pipes

Frozen pipes and they haven't burst?

i guess here in tampa...they weren't quite solid yet
and the pipe was on the outside of the house..
it's an older wood frame..when the sun came up over the privacy fence..
fixed it

MarySharon said:

huh? care to explain mary?

peb319 said:

WTF ? Is it really that cold in Tampa right now, in Florida, of all places?

AndGodCreatedMe said:

If you can't use classic pipes insulator you can always cover it with any kind of fabric (or glass wool, as you wish)

It doesn't get that cold here, so I suppose that's why I love winter but

sermwanderer said:

I remember that happened to my parents years ago. Not a good thing at all. This is what I can't stand about winter, especially when the temperatures dip below 20 degrees.

other ideas that can help!

pool nooodles cut into sections rapped around a pipe can help the exposed pipes.

or for the outside faucets a wal mart bag some pillow stuffing or grass or even a clean diaper can be used to make a isolating cover. stuff the grass or fluff into the bag and rap it around the facet. Or the diaper and cover with the bag.

also peek in your addict and see if there is any left over fiber glass...

or use oven mits! or anything that can be rapped around.
[Edited 1/10/10 14:18pm]

KoolEaze said:

and right now it's 11:26pm..
and it's 34 degrees

peb319 said:

Yeah well, it was in the 30's here today, (Long Island, NY), and it was "warm" enough for me to be outside (briefly) with no coat on considering what freezing weather we've had these past few days!

PurpleJedi said:

and here..it got this cold after everything was rained on..
the cold here is wet..and it goes thru almost anything you can put on..
sometimes it feels like you're wearing nothin at all!!
and if the wind is blowing..

sermwanderer said:

Have your pipes busted?

TD3 said:

that's the real nightmare...

TD3 said:

no

peb319 said:

sounds like Prince lyrics to me.

...haven't you been on the Org long enough to know that posting a comment like that is just ASKING for trouble?

sermwanderer said:

Here's some advice on how to deal with frozen pipes.

http://www.oldhouseweb.co...ipes.shtml

http://www.essortment.com...e_sbwg.htm

http://www.chicagotribune...rint.story

PurpleJedi said:

of course darling!!

It's not quite as cold today as it has been but now our pipe nightmare is starting. Today at work, two pipes busted and one of the ladies rooms was flooding. Then they turned off water downtown. The city has over 70 water lines busted. When I got home, there was very little water pressure. Now there is no water at all. There's no water at home, no water at the surrounding stores in my area, and no water at work. It's a mess.

vainandy said:

Well damn, how cold has it been down your way Andy?

sermwanderer said:

nasty...
brrrr!!

we had the opposite yesterday...had to run the cold water for ages til the water was actually cold...heat was warming the pipes

what a mixed up, crazy world we live in
:

Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights, the lows have been in the teens. Yesterday, it got a little warmer and those lines started thawing and rupturing. Yeserday, there was around 70 water mains broken. Today, that number is up to 106, 60 something of which have been repaired. A lot of the cities lines are almost 100 years old and this is an extremely broke city.