Wednesday, January 19, 2005
Oh dear
It appears from my referer log that many, many, many of you are suffering with frozen drain pipes. Here's my saga from last year, in which I ended up using hot water, salt, and gravity to thaw a frozen drain pipe:
http://www.vintagereader.com/2004_01_18_archive.html
It's a cold, cold week. Yesterday the high here was 7. Yes, 7. When I left for work it was 0. Fahrenheit.
Fortunately, we don't have any frozen drain pipes this year (yet, at least). I like to think it's because I a) stuffed an old comforter around the basement window in the room where the pipes are; and b) didn't drip water down the pipe to keep the supply pipe from freezing. The supply pipe is on its own. Although I have been doing more laundry in the evenings to warm the room up a little.
I hope the tips help out with your frozen pipes...
It appears from my referer log that many, many, many of you are suffering with frozen drain pipes. Here's my saga from last year, in which I ended up using hot water, salt, and gravity to thaw a frozen drain pipe:
http://www.vintagereader.com/2004_01_18_archive.html
It's a cold, cold week. Yesterday the high here was 7. Yes, 7. When I left for work it was 0. Fahrenheit.
Fortunately, we don't have any frozen drain pipes this year (yet, at least). I like to think it's because I a) stuffed an old comforter around the basement window in the room where the pipes are; and b) didn't drip water down the pipe to keep the supply pipe from freezing. The supply pipe is on its own. Although I have been doing more laundry in the evenings to warm the room up a little.
I hope the tips help out with your frozen pipes...
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