I wonder how DrPizza is doing?
Yes thanks, that's what I meant.He probably meant that it won't reach up to freezing.
Lol you think it's cold...
We had 3 straight days of -38 to -42 with windchill in late decembre and early january.
Not fun sir, not fun at all...
Try moving?
And then your eyes are stuck in their holes...
You mean you can no longer remove them? D:
I wonder how DrPizza is doing?
OK this is nuts.
I got stuck at an intersection on the way home. No incline, no snow ruts, looked fine. But when I hit the gas, my tires just spun. I was on 100% ice and had no idea.
Funny thing is there was a big ass plow truck right next to me that had the same problem. We both sat there spinning and sliding sideways for at least 60 seconds before either of us got traction.
I made it from the U.P. to East Lansing a couple hours ago. I like the snow banks. It feels more like home here now.
Going to be a balmy 11F tomorrow with a wind chill of -12. :thumbsup:
Not as bad as some of you Canucks, but it's cold for here.
Temperate Marine climate FTW.
Feel sorry for you guys dealing with the extreme cold and ice. Often people are immediately turned off by the rain in the Pacific NW, but then we don't deal with the humidity, 100+ degree summers, and the extreme cold and snow other parts of the country do.
I guess it all comes down to what you are used to and equipped to deal with. Personally I will take the gray misty winter days over what the Midwest and Northeast deal with.
Good luck to you guys, stay safe.
Fucking hell, pipe burst on the irrigation... AT THE CUT OFF. The cut off valve literally pulled right off the pipe (along with part of the pipe). So I had to go turn off the water at the main to stop the flow. No water until we can get it fixed which should be tomorrow afternoon.
Not used to this cold so a couple of what should be common sense questions that I want to ask just for reassurance...
1) If I have water turned off at the main and there is no water flowing to any of the sinks then I should not have to worry about any other pipes freezing at this point. Correct?
2) This pipe burst at the cut off just below the back flow of the irrigation and this is where all of the excess water was flowing out. I assume this means the house is ok. Good assumption?
3) I've never dealt with this kind of madness before so not sure if there is another question I should be asking...
FYI, the reason we noticed there was an issue was because water pressure suddenly dropped. Should be unlikely that house pipes freeze here so I was doing a walk around the house to ensure all of the crawl space vents were closed. That's when I walked in a puddle.
F'n polar vortex!
Because I'm not familiar with your plumbing I can't answer all of that, but what I can tell you is that:
-Water expands when frozen
-If it has nowhere to go when it expands it will make its own relief (as you found out)
While unlikely now, you can still have full water pipes. It's good practice to leave a faucet cracked (dripping) in severe cold if said plumbing is connected to a pipe that can freeze (like an exposed back flow valve) so the pressure has somewhere to go.
Do you not have a faucet or anything on your backflow assembly? After closing the cutoff valve, we winterize our irrigation and then keep a faucet cracked going to the backflow assembly. We have a faucet inside, directly after the cutoff valve.
Yea it's not fun but I'm used to it. Knowing how to dive is the biggest thing.