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Leave faucets dripping to prevent frozen pipes?
12-13-16
| Impy
Posted on 12/13/2016 9:16:50 PM PST by Impy
If anyone has any advice on this subject.
Some people I heard say you just need to leave one dripping, the one furthest from the source, presuming you know which one that is.
Or is better to leave all of them dripping? Or upstairs only?
Mid to low single digits tonight.
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posted on
12/13/2016 9:16:50 PM PST
by
Impy
To: GOPsterinMA; stephenjohnbanker; NFHale
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posted on
12/13/2016 9:17:29 PM PST
by
Impy
(Toni Preckwinkle for Ambassador to the Sun)
To: Impy
I was always told to leave them all dripping. That’s what we ask our renters to do during below freezing nights.
To: Impy; stephenjohnbanker; NFHale
Yes. Been doing this for forever.
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posted on
12/13/2016 9:18:51 PM PST
by
GOPsterinMA
(I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
To: Impy
To: Impy
I only leave the outside ones dripping but here it rarely gets below 16 F.
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posted on
12/13/2016 9:18:55 PM PST
by
Monterrosa-24
( Even more American than a French Bikini and a Russian AK-47)
To: Impy
Depends a lot if the piping is in an outside wall.
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posted on
12/13/2016 9:19:17 PM PST
by
steve86
(Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
To: Impy
I am imagining that it would take more than a drip to stop pipes from freezing.
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posted on
12/13/2016 9:19:17 PM PST
by
FreedomStar3028
(Somebody has to step forward and do what is right because it is right, otherwise no one will follow.)
To: Monterrosa-24
Outside should have its own shutoff valve, just turn it off and keep the tap open .
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posted on
12/13/2016 9:21:13 PM PST
by
LukeL
To: Impy
I leave 1-2 dripping PLUS the toilet. They do not flow unless used. So either use it every couple of hours or open the tank and adjust the valve so it dribbles just like I do. I failed to do that 2 years ago and blasted apart every pipe I had in an out building.
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posted on
12/13/2016 9:21:19 PM PST
by
lafroste
(Look at my profile page. Thanks.)
To: Impy
All of them, especially the lowest tap.
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posted on
12/13/2016 9:21:24 PM PST
by
arthurus
(Mrs Clinton is The Great Conniver.)
To: Impy
Be especially careful of pipes that run along exterior walls.
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posted on
12/13/2016 9:21:31 PM PST
by
SauronOfMordor
(Socialists want YOUR wealth redistributed, never THEIRS!)
To: FreedomStar3028
If the temp is going to 10 for several hours, a minimum stream might be more appropriate.
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posted on
12/13/2016 9:22:26 PM PST
by
arthurus
(Mrs Clinton is The Great Conniver.)
To: lafroste
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posted on
12/13/2016 9:23:06 PM PST
by
arthurus
(Mrs Clinton is The Great Conniver.)
To: Impy
I just crank my furnace up to 85 degrees.
Doing my part for global warming!
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posted on
12/13/2016 9:23:12 PM PST
by
RandallFlagg
(Vote for your guns!)
To: Impy
I also open doors under sink so warm air from room gets in there. Not sure if it helps much, but it seems like it could a bit.
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posted on
12/13/2016 9:25:11 PM PST
by
PghBaldy
(12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
To: Monterrosa-24
Actually, below 16-17F is where I start worrying. But it depends on your wall insulation and siding. Also the under-insulation and skirting on a mobile home. There you want to have heat tape. The only freeze problem I ever actually encountered was at -15 to -20F.
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posted on
12/13/2016 9:25:51 PM PST
by
steve86
(Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
To: Impy
...pipes that are exposed need insulation (garages ) and weather strip your garage doors
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posted on
12/13/2016 9:26:39 PM PST
by
Doogle
(( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
To: Impy
If you live where it freezes why isn’t your house properly insulated? Mine was when I lived in Texas and it rarely froze there
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posted on
12/13/2016 9:27:06 PM PST
by
ThomasThomas
(Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions.)
To: Impy
yes, leave dripping.
need to grab some pipe insulation tomorrow from the hardware store (if there’s any left)
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posted on
12/13/2016 9:27:59 PM PST
by
jimjohn
(This battle is over, but the war to rebuild the America has just begun.)
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