No water at the house (edit:I got water MFers)

[Jayhacker]

I wouldn't think there's anyway anything could be frozen. Maybe a city thing.

Maybe a builder thing?

 

[Mahozzle]

I’m in a hotel because we have no papers and my water lines started freezing.
And I’m in texas.
rolling power blackouts went through my neighborhood but they never rolled. It was just turned off. No I’m hearing they can’t get the power back on.
ridiculous...

 

[Oklahoma]

Mine froze up yesterday so I had to go to the cow lot and readjust the heat lamp. My dad brought down a work light and a small fan, water was back within the hour. I checked it today and it’s cooking in there.

I live in my grandparents farm house and I’ve been checking these same well houses with my grandpa since I was old enough to walk.

 

[BayouCityHorn]

Looks like yer gonna have to stack terds....

 

[Mud flap]

I was going to do that but was scared something would happen and I’d come home to a flooded house

Leave a few faucets cracked when it starts to thaw it may help keep a line from rupturing.

 

[I am El Nino]

It was -26 last night, -43 windchill. My water works just fine. Even the houses are soft in the south. Even took the dogs out in shorts. My advice is shut in the tub and wash it down when the water works.

 

[hmt5000]

Not a plumber, but you pribably got something froze.

I have a family of 5 constantly flushing the lines in OKC suburbs. If things sat all day.... might try cranking heater and opening cabinet doors.

Also if you have a crawl space you need to get under there and look for exposed pipe close to the foundation. Might be able to get a hair dryer on that bad boy and thaw it out quick. I had to do that once then i insulated the hell out of it the next week and have never had the problem again.

 

[Jtrain80]

Also if you have a crawl space you need to get under there and look for exposed pipe close to the foundation. Might be able to get a hair dryer on that bad boy and thaw it out quick. I had to do that once then i insulated the hell out of it the next week and have never had the problem again.

Pretty sure it is a new house on a slab.

 

[SoonerMD09]

Move further south.... That's all I got
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Here in allen, tx we havin our own probs.

 

[Belezabro]

-17 actual temperature in central Iowa. Power just went out at 3:00 am. Whole town is dark. This could get ugly.

 

[Jtrain80]

 

[ChingChongDingDong]

Sometimes nicer to get that fulcrum action though with the shovel and really let it fly. Very satisfying seeing it twirl through the air in the moonlight.

You need some new hobbies bro. Lol let me guess, next you’re gonna tell me how satisfying the texture is when you catch it out of your wife’s butt.

 

[tiderollsonu]

I’m in Fairhope! Wudup?

lol actually Magnolia Springs GPS just see's it as Foley, Not far from NoHope

 

[Kenny Orange Powers]

Or cut out a couple steps in the process and just go shit in your neighbors yard.

 

[Hutchhawk]

 

[shiv]

Any update OP?

 

[Chris Farley]

lol actually Magnolia Springs GPS just see's it as Foley, Not far from NoHope

I love Jesse’s!

 

[yankmenoodle]

It’s minus 27 with the windchill in Oklahoma. Heat is great. I sent in a “ticket” with the city my water ain’t working. I have never been without water before. Is there anything I can/need to do? House is 3 weeks old
Thanks fellas.

Open every cabinet and closet door, turn up heat as much as is comfortable. Id fill my water meter pit with a pile of ”hot hands” or whatever chemical pocket heaters you can find.

 

[yankmenoodle]

I have water, but am currently without power. This shit sucks.

My wife wasn’t happy when I bought a generator last month, and yesterday our power went off literally two minutes before I finished wiring it up. We were able to invite a family with a newborn to come stay with us. I’ve been justified. She actually said she was glad I bought it.

 

[Simmer007]

Any update OP?

Neighbor had the same issue and took a hair dryer to the water line above the water heater for 15 minutes and the water started flowing, will be doing this in 90 min

 

[tiderollsonu]

I love Jesse’s!

That Whiskey marinade steak is the tits

 

[AgEngDawg]

Damn shame. I just bumped up the thermostat a couple of degrees. I want it toasty.

 

[Simmer007]

it’s trying

 

[shiv]

it’s trying


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Aw hell yeah

 

[Simmer007]

Aw hell yeah

And it tricked me

 

[shiv]

And it tricked me

Bummer dude. I think that the evidence is telling you frozen pipes. Esp since the neighbors had the issue

Maybe just seek out more exposed pipe

 

[TJHall1]

Bummer dude. I think that the evidence is telling you frozen pipes. Esp since the neighbors had the issue

Maybe just seek out more exposed pipe

I just don't understand how they could be frozen when the frost line isn't close to how deep the water lines should be.

 

[shiv]

I just don't understand how they could be frozen when the frost line isn't close to how deep the water lines should be.

You could be right. Just what happened with the neighbors, plus seeing a little trickle of water. But that could have just been the last bit of moisture in the line that was pulled up by pressure throughout the day

 

[Simmer007]

You could be right. Just what happened with the neighbors, plus seeing a little trickle of water. But that could have just been the last bit of moisture in the line that was pulled up by pressure throughout the day

Ya, I used 2 hair dryers on the pipes up top for an hour straight and nothing. Gonna wrap it in a few blankets tonight. Going above freezing sat so...

 

[MonsterDonkey]

If you have a heat lamp, or even a worklight you can angle toward it, very good chance it would speed up the process. Gotta be miserable. Good luck.

 

[Jtrain80]

All the water in our our garage froze, which usually doesn't happen.

It started snowing again this afternoon.

 

[Don Johnson]

I still have water and no electric, and it still fucking sucks.

 

[JustinYormaum]

I still have water and no electric, and it still fucking sucks.

Gas heater?

 

[Lethal34fl2]

Don’t know about you guys but here in Florida I am on a well and the pipe comes out of the ground before it enters our house, if it was ever going to freeze that’s where it would freeze as it is made of copper.

Balmy 65 here.

 

[Don Johnson]

Gas heater?

No I ordered a generator and it’s supposed to be here tomorrow.

 

[America 1st]

72? Shit probably boiled off. I left mine dripping and still lost almost half my water fixtures. I fucking hate slab foundations.

Fuck ever living on a slab.

As a certified property Inspector that shit blows my fucking mind.

 

[GarnetPild]

Fuck ever living on a slab.

As a certified property Inspector that shit blows my fucking mind.

Care to elaborate, for the less knowledgeable among us?

 

[America 1st]

Care to elaborate, for the less knowledgeable among us?

A lot of reasons but mostly because of the obvious fact that labor in the crawl is a pain in the ass.

Also it's above ground which for obvious reasons is a problem in areas where the home isn't built to resist a certain climate.

 

[TJHall1]

Fuck ever living on a slab.

As a certified property Inspector that shit blows my fucking mind.

Slab houses all over up here in Iowa.-30-40 windchill for 10 days now. When slab houses are done right they are fine anywhere. Where do you live?

 

[America 1st]

Slab houses all over up here in Iowa.-30-40 windchill for 10 days now. When slab houses are done right they are fine anywhere. Where do you live?

I don't mean to say there is anything 'wrong' with living on a slab.

In some areas that's the only option.

Just as a person who lives in an area (Ohio) where basements are standard it's a mind fuck.