I forgot to drain the rain barrels...
But if you claim credit and it still breaks you have more egg on your face.We're lucky, seems we've still got everything. I think. We left some dripping, but also we have all interior pipes, nothing on an exterior wall, nothing close to a north- or west-facing wall, and no crawlspace.
I left a little heaterfan thing in the garage, blowing directly onto our concrete slab. I know it isn't much to heat up a massive mass of rock, but it is about 10 feet from a spot we have a "belly" in a drain pipe that runs under our kitchen. This spot has frozen up in the past and caused a backflow of water from our washing machine drain hose, so I thought it might just give us a few more degrees of heat in that area to help. Who knows, I'm probably just wasting energy, but I thought it was worth a shot and we haven't frozen up yet - so I'm gonna claim credit! lol
My main worry at our place is frozen sprinkler heads on our aerobic septic system.
So far I can only find one of the three. It was covered in ice; I kicked the ice off and it popped back down, so hopefully it will flow.
I'm going to keep looking for the other two.
Just a word of caution to those of you that have frozen water lines. The longer they are frozen the more likely they are going to break. i know that is common knowledge but you might start thinking about taking some action to remedy the problem. Just because you have PEX pipe does not mean you are exempt from breaks. Yes the pipe will withstand a lot but its the fitting you need to worry about. If the fittings are plastic pex vs brass pex you stand a lot better chance of withstanding breaks. As the forecast calls for colder temperatures i sure hope those of you that are froze up can get help soon
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