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| Pipes |
I was concerned about one outside faucet because it has its own line all the way from the main to the edge of the house; whereas the other outside faucet shares the line with the sink right on the other side. I opened the cover to the faucet and found the cover full of ice and the faucet frozen shut.
I was very concerned about a broken/frozen pipe, so on the advice of my parents, I started pouring warm, then hot water on it. After a few pours, I was able to turn the knob and found that no water at all came out – the pipe was frozen.
I poured another water or two, and then went inside to get another pour. Suddenly we heard a loud BANG and the sound of gushing water. I ran into the garage to get the pliers, needed to operate the street water shut-off (we have no in-house or sectional shut-offs... it’s street level or nothing). We ran outside to go to the street shutoff and saw water gushing out of the faucet. I turned it off and the water stopped.
The question then was had the ice burst the pipe at that moment in the wall or under the house. So I went under the house again to investigate. The pipes under the house are insulated but separate from the floor insulation, which seems marginal. However, I could not find any water coming down from the wall or anywhere else.
We dried the faucet, covered with it dry rags, and then covered all that with the insulated cap.
I will go again under the house in a bit to see if there is any leak evidence... Perhaps if there was a small leak I wouldn’t have yet seen it because the pipe goes up into the wall and it not visible for that section.
I was very concerned about a broken/frozen pipe, so on the advice of my parents, I started pouring warm, then hot water on it. After a few pours, I was able to turn the knob and found that no water at all came out – the pipe was frozen.
I poured another water or two, and then went inside to get another pour. Suddenly we heard a loud BANG and the sound of gushing water. I ran into the garage to get the pliers, needed to operate the street water shut-off (we have no in-house or sectional shut-offs... it’s street level or nothing). We ran outside to go to the street shutoff and saw water gushing out of the faucet. I turned it off and the water stopped.
The question then was had the ice burst the pipe at that moment in the wall or under the house. So I went under the house again to investigate. The pipes under the house are insulated but separate from the floor insulation, which seems marginal. However, I could not find any water coming down from the wall or anywhere else.
We dried the faucet, covered with it dry rags, and then covered all that with the insulated cap.
I will go again under the house in a bit to see if there is any leak evidence... Perhaps if there was a small leak I wouldn’t have yet seen it because the pipe goes up into the wall and it not visible for that section.
