Gonna be a cold week here in Chicago
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wrote on 22 Jan 2025, 16:18 last edited by
Lessons earned are lessons learned.
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We had one pipe (supplying water to the basement wetbar sink) freeze that hasn't frozen before. I can't see through walls of course but am fairly confident it runs along the exterior wall for about 10 feet and that potentially is where it froze... the inside of the wall was 75 degrees, the outside of that wall was -30. We've had cold snaps before, but lesson learned that if it's -30 for like two or three days, I should leave the sink on a drip. I was able to warm up that section of the wall over the last 24 hours and the water came back on, luckily with no burst pipes evident.
wrote on 22 Jan 2025, 16:25 last edited by@89th said in Gonna be a cold week here in Chicago:
We've had cold snaps before, but lesson learned that if it's -30 for like two or three days, I should leave the sink on a drip.
Yeah, that was something we learned in Canada. In England the pipes would freeze if it got below freezing for more than an hour. The English live under the delusion that they live in a tropical climate, and design accordingly.
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We had one pipe (supplying water to the basement wetbar sink) freeze that hasn't frozen before. I can't see through walls of course but am fairly confident it runs along the exterior wall for about 10 feet and that potentially is where it froze... the inside of the wall was 75 degrees, the outside of that wall was -30. We've had cold snaps before, but lesson learned that if it's -30 for like two or three days, I should leave the sink on a drip. I was able to warm up that section of the wall over the last 24 hours and the water came back on, luckily with no burst pipes evident.
wrote on 22 Jan 2025, 16:35 last edited by@89th said in Gonna be a cold week here in Chicago:
I can't see through walls of course …
You say that like it’s obvious but those of us who have seen your location sleuthing skills needed the clarification.
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@89th said in Gonna be a cold week here in Chicago:
I can't see through walls of course …
You say that like it’s obvious but those of us who have seen your location sleuthing skills needed the clarification.
wrote on 22 Jan 2025, 18:48 last edited by@jon-nyc said in Gonna be a cold week here in Chicago:
@89th said in Gonna be a cold week here in Chicago:
I can't see through walls of course …
You say that like it’s obvious but those of us who have seen your location sleuthing skills needed the clarification.
Well to be clear, I actually kind of can see through walls. I have one of those infrared/thermal cameras (FLIR) I can attach to my iPhone to view the temperature. You can actually see the studs in the walls since they retain heat differently than the drywall. But unfortunately not enough to see hot and cold water lines running in the ceiling or down the wall. I'll post a pic in a second.
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wrote on 22 Jan 2025, 18:49 last edited by
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wrote on 22 Jan 2025, 18:49 last edited by
You can see the bar on the left, a speaker in the middle of the wall, a large toy truck on the floor, and a velcro target toy on the right. Oh and you can see the studs.
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We had one pipe (supplying water to the basement wetbar sink) freeze that hasn't frozen before. I can't see through walls of course but am fairly confident it runs along the exterior wall for about 10 feet and that potentially is where it froze... the inside of the wall was 75 degrees, the outside of that wall was -30. We've had cold snaps before, but lesson learned that if it's -30 for like two or three days, I should leave the sink on a drip. I was able to warm up that section of the wall over the last 24 hours and the water came back on, luckily with no burst pipes evident.
wrote on 22 Jan 2025, 18:50 last edited by@89th said in Gonna be a cold week here in Chicago:
I was able to warm up that section of the wall over the last 24 hours and the water came back on, luckily with no burst pipes evident.
That is good.
The parents of a friend burned down their own house by trying to unfreeze a pipe by using a flame torch.
(The father owns a mechanic shop so probably figured he was smart enough to do it properly, which he obviously was not!!)
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@89th said in Gonna be a cold week here in Chicago:
I was able to warm up that section of the wall over the last 24 hours and the water came back on, luckily with no burst pipes evident.
That is good.
The parents of a friend burned down their own house by trying to unfreeze a pipe by using a flame torch.
(The father owns a mechanic shop so probably figured he was smart enough to do it properly, which he obviously was not!!)
wrote on 22 Jan 2025, 18:51 last edited by@taiwan_girl Wow. The space heaters have come a long way for safety but even still I decided against running it all night while I slept 2 nights ago since I would rather have a busted pipe than a burned house.
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You can see the bar on the left, a speaker in the middle of the wall, a large toy truck on the floor, and a velcro target toy on the right. Oh and you can see the studs.
wrote on 22 Jan 2025, 18:51 last edited by@89th said in Gonna be a cold week here in Chicago:
You can see the bar on the left, a speaker in the middle of the wall, a large toy truck on the floor, and a velcro target toy on the right. Oh and you can see the studs.
I guess you need a more powerful IR camera!!!
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wrote on 22 Jan 2025, 23:44 last edited by
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@George-K said in Gonna be a cold week here in Chicago:
And on Canal Street in New Orleans.
Good for him, ready to go.
My duffel bag holding my, 50-years-old, hockey stuff is sitting right here in the closet, ready. But if I opened that bag I might find only dust.
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wrote on 23 Jan 2025, 02:07 last edited by
Wonder if the picture of the Gulf was down from Lake Charles?
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We had one pipe (supplying water to the basement wetbar sink) freeze that hasn't frozen before. I can't see through walls of course but am fairly confident it runs along the exterior wall for about 10 feet and that potentially is where it froze... the inside of the wall was 75 degrees, the outside of that wall was -30. We've had cold snaps before, but lesson learned that if it's -30 for like two or three days, I should leave the sink on a drip. I was able to warm up that section of the wall over the last 24 hours and the water came back on, luckily with no burst pipes evident.
wrote on 23 Jan 2025, 02:12 last edited by@89th said in Gonna be a cold week here in Chicago:
We had one pipe (supplying water to the basement wetbar sink) freeze that hasn't frozen before.
About 12 years ago, I got a call, on Christmas Eve, no less from a neighbor up at the Cheddarshack.
Seems a pipe had frozen (on an outside wall) and burst - flooding the entire 1st floor of the house.
See that can of Raid? It's floating in the garbage can.
Doing extensive damage to the lower (walk-out) level.
Damage totaled about $125K, iirc. -
@89th said in Gonna be a cold week here in Chicago:
We had one pipe (supplying water to the basement wetbar sink) freeze that hasn't frozen before.
About 12 years ago, I got a call, on Christmas Eve, no less from a neighbor up at the Cheddarshack.
Seems a pipe had frozen (on an outside wall) and burst - flooding the entire 1st floor of the house.
See that can of Raid? It's floating in the garbage can.
Doing extensive damage to the lower (walk-out) level.
Damage totaled about $125K, iirc.wrote on 23 Jan 2025, 02:19 last edited by@George-K Ouch!!!!!!
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@89th said in Gonna be a cold week here in Chicago:
We had one pipe (supplying water to the basement wetbar sink) freeze that hasn't frozen before.
About 12 years ago, I got a call, on Christmas Eve, no less from a neighbor up at the Cheddarshack.
Seems a pipe had frozen (on an outside wall) and burst - flooding the entire 1st floor of the house.
See that can of Raid? It's floating in the garbage can.
Doing extensive damage to the lower (walk-out) level.
Damage totaled about $125K, iirc. -
@89th said in Gonna be a cold week here in Chicago:
We've had cold snaps before, but lesson learned that if it's -30 for like two or three days, I should leave the sink on a drip.
Yeah, that was something we learned in Canada. In England the pipes would freeze if it got below freezing for more than an hour. The English live under the delusion that they live in a tropical climate, and design accordingly.
wrote on 23 Jan 2025, 03:45 last edited by@Doctor-Phibes said in Gonna be a cold week here in Chicago:
@89th said in Gonna be a cold week here in Chicago:
We've had cold snaps before, but lesson learned that if it's -30 for like two or three days, I should leave the sink on a drip.
Yeah, that was something we learned in Canada. In England the pipes would freeze if it got below freezing for more than an hour. The English live under the delusion that they live in a tropical climate, and design accordingly.
The explains a lot about the cars.
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wrote on 23 Jan 2025, 04:19 last edited by
am I the only one here who can't complain about the current weather? Another sunny day of 65. Colder inside my house than out. I'm a miser for burning gas. That's what jackets are for, right Jon?
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wrote on 23 Jan 2025, 10:12 last edited by
Aright guys, I’ll hold him down, you beat him.
