Official Gramps' Memorial Eternal OT Thread

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NorthDallas40 said:
So this house has PEX and yes that’s one of the selling points is it is more durable during freeze expansion. The plumbing routes thru the attic and down in the walls. Knock on wood but we didn’t have any issues two years ago during the really big freeze. Just thaw them out and go on. I will know tomorrow afternoon 🤷‍♂️
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Hoping for the best - and I know you are, too. It will be nice to have the benefit of your experience. I want to reroute the water line coming in under the house so I can have a main turnoff valve. I've got a perfect location for it - below the floor but with access from a panel in the house. It does mean running the line closer to the foundation wall than the current location which is problematic, but if PEX is more freeze tolerant then maybe not so bad. I just opened the panel to change out batteries in the sensor I have under the house and the airflow behind the wall in that room is incredible. A lot of these older houses weren't built with a full floor and stud walls sitting on them, so the inside walls are sometimes open from the crawl space to the attic - like a chimney.
 
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AM64 said:
Hoping for the best - and I know you are, too. It will be nice to have the benefit of your experience. I want to reroute the water line coming in under the house so I can have a main turnoff valve. I've got a perfect location for it - below the floor but with access from a panel in the house. It does mean running the line closer to the foundation wall than the current location which is problematic, but if PEX is more freeze tolerant then maybe not so bad. I just opened the panel to change out batteries in the sensor I have under the house and the airflow behind the wall in that room is incredible. A lot of these older houses weren't built with a full floor and stud walls sitting on them, so the inside walls are sometimes open from the crawl space to the attic - like a chimney.
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It passed muster in a century storm two years ago. Let’s hope it’s got some left in the tank on freeze expansion and doesn’t fatigue.
 
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NorthDallas40 said:
It passed muster in a century storm two years ago. Let’s hope it’s got some left in the tank on freeze expansion and doesn’t fatigue.
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We got all the way to 5 this afternoon, and the sun is setting, so looks like a cold night here. Your area seems to be warming up, so eventually it will spread our way. When the rain changed to snow last night, we wound up with everything covered, but well under an inch which hasn't melted a bit today.
 
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AM64 said:
We got all the way to 5 this afternoon, and the sun is setting, so looks like a cold night here. Your area seems to be warming up, so eventually it will spread our way. When the rain changed to snow last night, we wound up with everything covered, but well under an inch which hasn't melted a bit today.
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Supposed to be high 30’s tomorrow afternoon here. Might not be enough to unfreeze all the pipes but warm enough to put off further worry. I should know by sundown if I’m paying for an after hours plumber visit or not.
 
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Orangeburst said:
So the TV is out..a fire on a pole according to EPB near Hamilton Place..We are melting the grid.
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Are you in the E Brainerd area? I think maybe I remember that, but it's been a long time ago - maybe even when I was new here that it came up. I'm packing up and headed back that way today. Still not out of the teens here, but things went OK over the last two days - it was 5 when I went to bed last night, but still not below freezing under the house. It would suck getting back to where it's warmer and finding the power is out. The heat pump here has been cranking away on auxiliary heat for two days solid now, and I'd bet the one there in Chattanooga has just cycled on part of the time.
 
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AM64 said:
Are you in the E Brainerd area? I think maybe I remember that, but it's been a long time ago - maybe even when I was new here that it came up. I'm packing up and headed back that way today. Still not out of the teens here, but things went OK over the last two days - it was 5 when I went to bed last night, but still not below freezing under the house. It would suck getting back to where it's warmer and finding the power is out. The heat pump here has been cranking away on auxiliary heat for two days solid now, and I'd bet the one there in Chattanooga has just cycled on part of the time.
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At family in EB. Rolling blackouts are over. TV is weird though. Have internet, phone, and TV comes on and stays on for several seconds and losses signal. Can change channel and it comes back on for few seconds. Tried the 10 second button push and the wait for a phone rep is over 1 hour. Tried chat and waited 25 minutes and then just filled out the outage form.
 
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NorthDallas40 said:
@AM64 all thawed out no leaks. Had a flapper warp when it dried out that I had to replace but I’ll call that a win. 2 for 2 on PEX performance in freezing knock on wood.
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Wife woke me up this morning telling me the pool is frozen over. I get up and go outside and it's frozen over and the water isn't coming out of either return valve. I have been running the pump 24 hours a day for several days. Call my pool guy and he basically just tells me I am screwed and he will be by when the weather warms to assess the damage. I angrily eat breakfast. Go outside and break the 1/4 inch of ice in the skimmer basket and the ice around the skimmer intake. Nothing. 30 minutes later I hear my wife yell "the water is flowing." Go outside and sure enough we are back in business. So glad I didn't say screw it and tried something
 
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