Monday, January 4, 2010

Frozen Water Pipes

We have frozen water pipes it seems this house always has something wrong with the water pipes. If you want to insure this does not happen to you or that if it does you know what to do here are some great tips:

  • Insulate all water pipes from cold moving air and keep them dry
  • Heater tapes wrapped around the pipes or a heated reflector lamp in dry enclosed space works great.
  • allowing the water to run at a slow constant drip this is cheaper than repairing it
  • Thaw out a frozen pipe by checking to see where the pipe is frozen at. Some plastic and copper pipes will split and flood and area when thawed out. In this case it is better to call a plumber.
  • an electric space heater placed around the frozen part or a hand held hair dryer can help to unthaw local frozen pipes.

I am in hopes that our water unthaws soon and that these tips may help you.

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1 comment:

  1. UnknownJanuary 5, 2010 at 10:00 AM

    Oh it stinks to have frozen water. Ours always freezes at the well. We woke up Sunday morning with no water and DH had to go put a heat lamp at the well to unthaw it. We still have the heat lamp going since it is still sooo cold here.

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