Posted on 02/18/2021 12:30:32 PM PST by Shadylake
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Thousands of people who live in Austin are without water Thursday, and there has been no word from the City of Austin when the water might return.
KXAN reached out to Austin Water multiple times ahead of the city’s planned 2 p.m. news conference looking for answers but still has not heard back.
Austin Water tweeted about the issue around 9:30 a.m. but still has not said when it might be able to resume water service to those areas affected.
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Thanks!
so, how goes in the land of Freedom and Unity? or is it NH
And that's when most of the damage gets done.
BRAINDEAD BIDEN is now the pRESIDENT, IT’S JOE BIDEN’S FAULT!!!!
Just had to replace a cracked 1 1/2” valve last week (lucky I keep them in stock in my work shed), I always manage to forget to insulate at least one pipeline or valve each winter.
And I live in California, ha ha.
It’s NH, which is fairly free.
I don’t think we’ve ever been in lockdown and the mask mandate Sununu put in place is almost a joke. there are so many exceptions for needing to wear it that you’re more likely to get away with not wearing it than having to.
Hard to turn a valve off if it’s frozen.
Of course you could put one lead of the ARC WELDER at each end of the line and thaw them out that way (just don’t leave it on to long).
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They can bust up the furniture in their apartments and start a big bonfire in the middle of the floor.
After all, it is AUSTIN.
We've even used it in the basement just to conserve heat as the hot water makes it up to the 2nd floor bathroom. It works amazingly well.
It would help with protecting water pipes from freezing especially if you stuffed additional insulation around it in the walls, too.
Rock wool is better than fiberglass. It's more expensive but has much better insulating properties and you don't have to worry about breathing in glass fibers.
HEY; I’m a Californian with over 35 years as a plumber and Supervisor of ALL TRADES.
Locks
Glazing
Plumbing
Electrical
Masonry
Carpentry
Roofing
Electronics
Audio Visual
Paint
machinist
Welding
Only a Master of one trade (plumbing), but had to be COMPETENT in all listed above
stay warm
all true
That is the stuff most of us use-there is also a type that is thicker and not as rigid-which is what I used this year, having had good results with it before-I will know in a day or two how well it worked in this once-every-30-years cold...
We’ve actually been much warmer that most of the south all week, and as the forecast storm got closer in time, the forecast snowfall amounts dropped.
Which is well deserved payback for that almost four feet of snow we got literally overnight a week before Christmas from a nor’easter that was only supposed to give is 8”.
It all averages out.
Mr mm is a big fan of it and as we do all out own work on our house, I’ve insulated my share of pipes with it.
Along with insulating the walls. That’s actually kind of fun and the rock wool is great to work with. An old bread knife is perfect for cutting it.
Since you are from New Jersey I could see how you would have a problem figuring that sentence out. Frozen pipes weren’t a problem in New Hampshire, where I used to live or the state where the poster I was replying to lived, because everything is insulated. Snowy roads aren’t that big of a deal in New Jersey because they have trucks with plows, sand and salt (do they still even use salt?) Austin has none of that, so frozen pipes and snowy roads are a big problem. Get it?
Why do they put cold air returns in the floor and not the ceiling?
I realized later that I was thinking back to the days of metal pipes..you could warm them up with a blow torche.
Even then while its a pain cracked pipes are not the end of the world.
I wanted to let you know if mispoke.
While its not a bad idea to try to turn a frozen water line off..as long as you are there when the pipe thaws out..then you should be okay..you can turn it off then.
If there is a lot of water on the basement floor ..you will want to take care that it is not touching anything electrical that could electrocute you.
Assuming the electric is even on?
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