Damn this waters' cold... - Page 2

No Worries · 01-04-2010, 11:15 PM

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askmrjesus · 01-04-2010, 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by TIGGER

When you are done with that, run and get two old lamps, a couple 100W bulbs and an extension cord and ensure that this doesn't happen again. Just a suggestion from the guy from Michigan.

My cistern is 400 feet from the house. The way I see it, shit will catch fire, or be all better.

JC

Papa_Complex · 01-04-2010, 11:52 PM

Leave the vodka on the porch for about 2 hours. That's better than ice.

Was that picture from last year, of your neighbour's shack, a previous attempt to thaw some pipes?

Particle Man · 01-05-2010, 12:41 AM

my well is 150 feet down and all my pipes are in the (heated) basement

derf · 01-05-2010, 01:18 AM

Yeh I didn't know that water pipes were ever outside, I always thought they were in warm basements, or had to be installed below the depth at which the ground freezes (I think 3 1/2 feet down here). This seems to apparently be a common problem (?) so how can it be fixed (not the almost scary Tigger style fix) so that it doesn't happen again?

tommymac · 01-05-2010, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by TIGGER

I was thinking that too... I'd honestly go with a couple light bulbs...if you thaw the ice too fast the pipe will burst for sure...

ceramic heating bulbs, throw off a lot more heat than the lightbulbs. Gotta own reptiles to know about them though

Tom

Amber Lamps · 01-05-2010, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by derf

Yeh I didn't know that water pipes were ever outside, I always thought they were in warm basements, or had to be installed below the depth at which the ground freezes (I think 3 1/2 feet down here). This seems to apparently be a common problem (?) so how can it be fixed (not the almost scary Tigger style fix) so that it doesn't happen again?

Yea that was a temp fix, the obvious permanent solution is to mount a light fixture (or two) have it hard wired and put it on a timer. It works and isn't any more danger than any light you have in the house. When did light bulbs become so dangerous? He could also just buy one of these cheap plasma TVs everyone is selling and put it down there....

Tmall · 01-05-2010, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by TIGGER

Yea that was a temp fix, the obvious permanent solution is to mount a light fixture (or two) have it hard wired and put it on a timer. It works and isn't any more danger than any light you have in the house. When did light bulbs become so dangerous? He could also just buy one of these cheap plasma TVs everyone is selling and put it down there....

Do they ever throw off some serious heat! I got a tan last time I was at Best Buy looking at Tvs..

askmrjesus · 01-05-2010, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by derf

Yeh I didn't know that water pipes were ever outside, I always thought they were in warm basements, or had to be installed below the depth at which the ground freezes (I think 3 1/2 feet down here). This seems to apparently be a common problem (?) so how can it be fixed (not the almost scary Tigger style fix) so that it doesn't happen again?

The only way I could fix it, would be to bury the cistern so that the outlet pipe was below ground.

The cistern hold 500 gallons, is six feet long, and sits on the side of a hill that's un-accessible by backhoe. In other words, that shit ain't happening.

Anyway, the blow torch worked, nothing melted (much...), and the water is flowing again.

JC

Amber Lamps · 01-05-2010, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by askmrjesus

The only way I could fix it, would be to bury the cistern so that the outlet pipe was below ground.

The cistern hold 500 gallons, is six feet long, and sits on the side of a hill that's un-accessible by backhoe. In other words, that shit ain't happening.

Anyway, the blow torch worked, nothing melted (much...), and the water is flowing again.

JC

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01-04-2010, 11:52 PM	#13
Papa_Complex Nomadic Tribesman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Brampton, Canada Moto: '09 ER-6n Posts: 11,150	Leave the vodka on the porch for about 2 hours. That's better than ice. Was that picture from last year, of your neighbour's shack, a previous attempt to thaw some pipes? __________________ "Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge, "Dorkness Rising" http://www.morallyambiguous.net/

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Particle Man Custom User Title Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Central NY Moto: 2003 SV650S Posts: 14,959	my well is 150 feet down and all my pipes are in the (heated) basement __________________ I'm not "fat." I'm "Enlarged to show texture." Handle every stressful situation like a DOG: If you can't eat it or hump it, pi$$ on it & walk away.

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derf token jewboy Join Date: Nov 2008 Moto: CBR 900, KLR ugly ass duckling, Gas Man Posts: 10,799	Yeh I didn't know that water pipes were ever outside, I always thought they were in warm basements, or had to be installed below the depth at which the ground freezes (I think 3 1/2 feet down here). This seems to apparently be a common problem (?) so how can it be fixed (not the almost scary Tigger style fix) so that it doesn't happen again? __________________

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