Been a real crappy week! If you read some of my previous posts you'll understand why.
So I got up this AM and guess what no water! Had water yesterday and it was colder the nite before than last. Been here eight years and no water problems.
Still dark here so trudging out in the back yard is a no no till the sun comes up. Once There's some light I can run some drop lights into the crawl space and see if I can find the problem, If it's us?
I know last year a guy down the block had his street meter freeze so the town had to thaw it out. Kind of hoping what's going on here?? Course towns shut down today due to cold weather so phone calls are animated on there end.
So with all that said what should I looks for as far as freeze points on the pipes? Copper pipes so if they need repaired or soldered I can do that. what is the best way to thaw them out without doing more damage? I do have a hand held bottle torch.
We put a water heater in this past summer and looked at the main water line, comes up out of the ground and branches off into the house. Tried testing the heat tape that is on it but could not figure out where it is routed to and from. There's a switch in the house to turn it on and off, least that's what we were told by the previous owner. Also there is a wall outlet near the pipe, tried testing it but it grounded itself while testing and blew a fuse. Replaced the outlet and it is fine but still unsure if there is a T in it somewhere for the power to the heat tape, has two power cords coming out of it, one in one out. Probably going to get a new heat tape and try to wrap the new tape under the old and re-insulate and plug it into the outlet.
55+ years being on this rock and never had to learn or deal with frozen pipes!
Any suggestions or input/ideas would be appreciated.
So I got up this AM and guess what no water! Had water yesterday and it was colder the nite before than last. Been here eight years and no water problems.
Still dark here so trudging out in the back yard is a no no till the sun comes up. Once There's some light I can run some drop lights into the crawl space and see if I can find the problem, If it's us?
I know last year a guy down the block had his street meter freeze so the town had to thaw it out. Kind of hoping what's going on here?? Course towns shut down today due to cold weather so phone calls are animated on there end.
So with all that said what should I looks for as far as freeze points on the pipes? Copper pipes so if they need repaired or soldered I can do that. what is the best way to thaw them out without doing more damage? I do have a hand held bottle torch.
We put a water heater in this past summer and looked at the main water line, comes up out of the ground and branches off into the house. Tried testing the heat tape that is on it but could not figure out where it is routed to and from. There's a switch in the house to turn it on and off, least that's what we were told by the previous owner. Also there is a wall outlet near the pipe, tried testing it but it grounded itself while testing and blew a fuse. Replaced the outlet and it is fine but still unsure if there is a T in it somewhere for the power to the heat tape, has two power cords coming out of it, one in one out. Probably going to get a new heat tape and try to wrap the new tape under the old and re-insulate and plug it into the outlet.
55+ years being on this rock and never had to learn or deal with frozen pipes!
Any suggestions or input/ideas would be appreciated.