… oh no ! … you got bored from reading? … prayers sent for a speedy recovery lol

Been ruining mine every hour or so. Going to be fun trying to keep it up for a couple of days. Was supposed to start snowing at seven this evening. So far not a flake.

Us yanks know how to plumb a house. Looks like you Jonny rebs could use some our knowledge. -12 right now and my water is running when I turn on the faucet.

Same.

Yes pvc breaks too easily. Pex is pretty resistant to breakage. I have pex out in the barn where it is froze up most of the winter. The only spot that has ever broke is where I have a 2 inch long piece of pex between 2 brass fittings. I have to replace that little piece every year.


PS the water to the heifers is still running, It's -4 degrees out right now and that water pipe just lays on top of the ground for almost a mile. If you have it running enough it won't freeze. People have you confused by telling you to let it drip. The colder it gets the more water flow you need. A little drip only works if it is hardly at risk of freezing to start with.

I don't for the life of me understand why southerners pipe their water to the attic. That makes absolutely no sense to me.

Water still flowing. Just looked outside and there is maybe an inch of snow. As long as power holds up I think we'll be okay.

I wonder too why they run it in the attic, wouldn't it be hot in the summer?

I guess if ya had a slab house, that'd be the way to get it around without going under the floorboards.?

I have an addition on the backside of the house that's for the washer/dryer and a toilet. Its not heated and if we keep the door closed (which we do) the water line out to it will freeze when its single digits for a spell unless we flush the toilet once every couple hours.

I've know quite a few people that bought older homes and had to replace old leaking water lines. Instead of tearing out the sheet rock walls, they ran the water lines through the attic.

My dad's well house was insulated well enough that a coffee can full of coals from the wood stove would keep it from freezing if the power was out. Had to keep a close eye on the temp because that didn't produce a lot of heat, but it did the trick.

Bunch of well houses have a light in them, the heat from the bulb keeps them going.

I used to keep a light in mine and covered the outside of it with bean straw bales, never had a problem. I'm on rural water now so don't have to deal with it anymore.

-24 here this morning, no problems, just stoked the wood stove. Don’t know where all this cold air is coming from, since according to climate change cultists the Arctic is so warm. Maybe the polar bears can move south.

You mean the people that just go about life as another day when the temps are -45 or colder?

Water lines in the attic is one thing but the amount of hot water heater's people have in attic's is crazy! Same with a/c units.

Growing up before climate change we had rough winters, several ice storms a winter below zero temp's, etc. Kept our well pump covered in plastic and left the water running at night, never had a problem. No clue why you can't have running water Savell in weather in the teens, lol.

If the power goes off...the shallow well water pump and any electric heat at the pump stops. Full water lines, if that happens, is bad.

Been down that road before...even here in the deep South.

You mean your electricity went out? Or you didn't have enough flow for your dripping. The only other thing for me would be to make sure the pressure switch right off of the tank didn't freeze up. I keep a light bulb next to mine when it gets real cold.

I’m thinking about going south…with all my chainsaws and my skid steer just to cut firewood and help southern folks make through the global cooling we are all about to experience…heads up, coming to a wood lot near you…

If you're going to drain your lines:

Some folks down around the lake here that have summer cabins only use them in the summer.
They have a air fitting plumbed into the water line at the well. Shut the well down then hook up an air compressor to that air fitting and blow all the water out of the lines. Works good.