Drip drip drippity drip drip drrrrrip......If you didn't start this 12 hours ago, you're crap out of luck. You should have paid heed to the fa fa fa fa fa fa fa freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeze warning!!!!! If you didn't start the drip, you're pipes already constricted and you are now reading this from inside a Wendy's dumpster. Godspeed.
And most people think that the FREEZE starts at 0 degrees. NOPE. Starts at 30 degrees solid. That's tricked many a homeowner into pipe bursting complacency.
They told us to let our pipes drip here. Currently 42 degrees and pouring rain, rising steadily all night until 59 degrees at 7am.
My pipes are not dripping.
By 8am you'll be living inside a dumpster outside of an Office Max. Don't say the Sargent didn't warn you.
Deep South? OK. Fine. But I’m pretty sure most of the “they told us …” crowd kinda forget that when you’re trying to offer precautionary advice to the masses, it’s better to err strongly on the side of caution. Oh, it’s only a 10% chance or whatever? Would you want to be on the wrong side of “why didn’t you tell us??????”
Considering how much expensive damage is caused by freezing pipes, it's a wonder some clever plumber hasn't invented self-stirring pipes to keep the water moving.
I could invent it. Maybe there's a fish or small aquatic worm that would oblige.
Considering how much expensive damage is caused by freezing pipes, it's a wonder some clever plumber hasn't invented self-stirring pipes to keep the water moving.
I could invent it. Maybe there's a fish or small aquatic worm that would oblige.
Listen citizen, I admire your gumption but now is not the time for head-in-the-clouds daydreaming. HOP-TO-IT mister!!!!!! GET THOSE PIPES DRIPPING before you end up living inside a dumpster outside of a Panda Express.
Considering how much expensive damage is caused by freezing pipes, it's a wonder some clever plumber hasn't invented self-stirring pipes to keep the water moving.
I could invent it. Maybe there's a fish or small aquatic worm that would oblige.
Listen citizen, I admire your gumption but now is not the time for head-in-the-clouds daydreaming. HOP-TO-IT mister!!!!!! GET THOSE PIPES DRIPPING before you end up living inside a dumpster outside of a Panda Express.
Something as simple as a valve that would activate if it freezes and there is no movement in the water, to shut off the flow and drain whatever is downstream.
Or one that would mix in the hot water with the cold water.
Listen citizen, I admire your gumption but now is not the time for head-in-the-clouds daydreaming. HOP-TO-IT mister!!!!!! GET THOSE PIPES DRIPPING before you end up living inside a dumpster outside of a Panda Express.
Something as simple as a valve that would activate if it freezes and there is no movement in the water, to shut off the flow and drain whatever is downstream.
Or one that would mix in the hot water with the cold water.
Drip drip drippity drip drip drrrrrip......If you didn't start this 12 hours ago, you're crap out of luck. You should have paid heed to the fa fa fa fa fa fa fa freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeze warning!!!!! If you didn't start the drip, you're pipes already constricted and you are now reading this from inside a Wendy's dumpster. Godspeed.
“Dripping the faucet” sounds ripe for reading double entendre into it. Surprising no poster’s taken you up on it yet.
By 8am you'll be living inside a dumpster outside of an Office Max. Don't say the Sargent didn't warn you.
A little confused by the "if your pipes burst you will immediately find yourself living inside the dumpster of a well-known business" bit, but I like it.
Something as simple as a valve that would activate if it freezes and there is no movement in the water, to shut off the flow and drain whatever is downstream.
Or one that would mix in the hot water with the cold water.
what?! The pipes should NEVER get mixed up.
Maybe so. But remember, Thomas Edison invented 683 light bulbs that didn't work, before finally inventing one that did. You have to brainstorm.
Let's hear your ideas for automatic freeze-proof plumbing.