Author Topic: frigophobia ? (Read 150202 times)

wwpt · « **Reply #80 on:** Jan 13, 07, 04:20:08 PM »

Uh Oh....All my water is working OK but I walked outside and checked the one outdoor faucet on the windward side of the house and it is frozen solid. I left the valve cracked open alittle for expansion...but I think it may be a little late for that.

I think I'm going to get the trusty old heating pad and try and wrap it around the pipe further in the basement and see if that will pull me through these next couple of days. Either that or a $15 dollar a day radiant heater to heat the whole area.

ForestGal · « **Reply #81 on:** Jan 13, 07, 04:34:58 PM »

Well, I'm back in business, for the moment anyway, thanks to Nolena

and a couple of very wonderful neighbors!

Nolena helped me thaw out the water pipe, and between Nolena and my neighbors, the heater is working. I have it turned up much higher than usual, and I'm worried about what's gonna happen tonite. $:-\$

Ohmygoodness, I can't wait till spring!

storm · « **Reply #82 on:** Jan 13, 07, 05:08:04 PM »

Perhaps someone could invite Mazzystar to a sleepover! I'm sorry that I don't have a warm space to offer (my tent is coooooold). here at the camp a couple of our buildings have no water.

MazzyStar · « **Reply #83 on:** Jan 13, 07, 05:16:52 PM »

Well, I want to thank Nolena for being my surrogate husband and helping me with my iced pipes. (Sounds like an interesting dessert huh?) I'm hoping that they will thaw out now that I have a heater out there. She is a wonderful friend! I have a friend who will let me sleep over if I need to but I'd rather be here to make sure everything is ok with the pipes. I also have to care for my dogs. Thank you, Storm, for thinking of me so kindly. My main concern is the bathroom situation so hopefully that will get better. Let's cross our fingers, shall we?

wwpt · « **Reply #84 on:** Jan 13, 07, 05:20:43 PM »

You Pioneer Women are taking care of business..Good Job!

After an exploratory expedition down in the basement/studio to find the origin of the frozen faucet, I came across a 2 foot section that wasn't wrapped in the foam insulation heading out to the side of the house where the faucet is poking out.

Apparently this was enough to have the pipe freeze over. I wrappe d it in a heating pad with masking tape and will wait for it to flow again, (I left the valve cracked open) hopefully before it bursts the galvinized pipe. I think I caught it in time.

Never had a problem there until this years big freeeze of '07. The Big Chill.

charlene · « **Reply #85 on:** Jan 13, 07, 05:28:56 PM »

I only have one gas wall unit for the whole 2 story house so on the coldest of cold, last night and to night while awake I use the gas stove for xtra heat, does anyone know if this could be a problem?

Nolena · « **Reply #86 on:** Jan 13, 07, 05:30:27 PM »

Don't do it.
Carbon monoxide poisoning.
I hope you're not serious.

Wrightwood · « **Reply #87 on:** Jan 13, 07, 05:33:27 PM »

Nolena is right don't do it.

An open flame from a stove is not safe as a heat source and carbon monoxide poisoning is possible.

wwpt · « **Reply #88 on:** Jan 13, 07, 05:34:24 PM »

I have a couple of electric heaters, ones a radiant heater and the other an oil filled old hearth type, both that run on electricity. They are both fairly new and work good but are expensive to run....

If anyone needs them PM me. I could even drop them off on the way to work tonight.

MazzyStar · « **Reply #89 on:** Jan 13, 07, 05:39:15 PM »

what about taking this opportunity to use the self cleaning option on the oven? That heated my house like it was a sauna over the holidays lol

Nolena · « **Reply #90 on:** Jan 13, 07, 05:45:16 PM »

It's especially like a sauna if you first get inside the oven.

charlene · « **Reply #91 on:** Jan 13, 07, 05:50:03 PM »

what is the difference between the self cleaning setting and the oven setting?

MazzyStar · « **Reply #92 on:** Jan 13, 07, 05:54:34 PM »

er I push a button on my oven and it locks and heats up and cleans itself. That's the only one I know.

charlene · « **Reply #93 on:** Jan 13, 07, 06:00:47 PM »

no, I mean if you turn thr oven on cooking a turkey for 6 hours or turn it on without the turkey and open the door why is monoxide poisoning a problem?

Freighthauler · « **Reply #94 on:** Jan 13, 07, 06:05:43 PM »

Quote from: wwpt on Jan 13, 07, 05:20:43 PM

Never had a problem there until this years big freeeze of '07. The Big Chill.

Must be this global warming people are talking about

MazzyStar · « **Reply #95 on:** Jan 13, 07, 06:08:29 PM »

Woo hoo! I have water! And my toilets work!! I love Nolena! She's my best friend this week!!

Wrightwood · « **Reply #96 on:** Jan 13, 07, 07:52:15 PM »

48 hour chart

KWBoy · « **Reply #97 on:** Jan 13, 07, 08:27:33 PM »

Nolena · « **Reply #98 on:** Jan 13, 07, 09:41:47 PM »

It's cold.
Help each other.
Thaw your neighbor's pipes.
Take in those who are cold and/or have inadequate heat.
It's a small town.
We're family.

raddog · « **Reply #99 on:** Jan 13, 07, 09:49:37 PM »

You know it is a cold day when you take a soda out of your car/truck and the soda has turned into a slushy. Also you know it is a cold day when you have a cold drink that is frozen solid and you need to put it in front of a space heater to warm it up enough to drink it. It is 13.1 degrees right now, I bet all of the roads are a solid sheet of ice right now.

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