Democratic Underground Latest Greatest Lobby Journals Search Options Help Login
Google

I "think" I'm ready for the very low temps tonight

Printer-friendly format Printer-friendly format
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend
Printer-friendly format Bookmark this thread
Home » Discuss » DU Groups » Home & Family » DIY & Home Improvement Group Donate to DU
 
NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-11 07:09 PM
Original message
I "think" I'm ready for the very low temps tonight
I hope so anyway. we're supposed to have a low temp of 11 degrees with a north wind bringing wind chill to 5 degrees or so

I have foam and socks over the pipes, the hole into the side of the house stuffed with another sock and those foam 'hats' on the faucets.

is it enough??? :shrug:
Refresh | 0 Recommendations Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top
japple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-11 09:25 PM
Response to Original message
1. Leave your faucet dripping. Do you have any bottled water?
If not, might want to fill a couple of jugs and run some in the bathtub just in case your water freezes.
Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top
 
NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-11 09:52 PM
Response to Reply #1
2. plenty of water
Edited on Mon Jan-10-11 09:54 PM by NMDemDist2
altho i just checked the weather and they've upped the expected lows for tonight and the wind won't shift from the east so my faucets should be ok

whew

we're used to below freezing at night, but rarely get that close to zero....

edited for spelling error
Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top
 
Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-11 10:11 PM
Response to Original message
3. We have one pipe that freezes when we get to single digits. Leaving the water dripping . . .
. . . prevents the pipe from freezing.
Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top
 
NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-11 11:44 PM
Response to Reply #3
4. done
:hi:
Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top
 
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view 
this author's profile Click to add 
this author to your buddy list Click to add 
this author to your Ignore list Mon Apr 29th 2024, 12:17 PM
Response to Original message
Advertisements [?]
 Top

Home » Discuss » DU Groups » Home & Family » DIY & Home Improvement Group Donate to DU

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators


Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Home  |  Discussion Forums  |  Journals |  Store  |  Donate

About DU  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC