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jmowreader

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30. This won't help you for now...

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Tue Feb 16, 2021, 02:48 PM

Feb 2021

To protect against this happening again, take a vacation to a city that gets cold in the winter. Visit the Home Depot for some freeze tape. This stuff heats up when you plug it in. It is sold in the plumbing department. Wrap the freeze tape around your pipes from the point they leave the ground to the point it enters the structure (unless you’re on a slab, and then you can’t). When winter comes, plug it in and leave it on until spring.

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Frozen pipes in Houston. Is it safe to flush my toilet? [View all] Bucky Feb 2021 OP

Only once Ferrets are Cool Feb 2021 #1

thanks Bucky Feb 2021 #16

Keep a small stream of water flowing in your faucets frazzled Feb 2021 #2

Yep, too late. I did the insulation thing on the outdoor pipes, but not enought Bucky Feb 2021 #13

Keep a tap on a bit. I found that out after my pipes almost froze one time. applegrove Feb 2021 #3

Also open your kitchen and bathroom cabinet doors blueinredohio Feb 2021 #12

will do Bucky Feb 2021 #17

Do you own a shovel? nt mr_lebowski Feb 2021 #4

all northerners are gonna laugh at this... Bucky Feb 2021 #15

Sewer pipes should be fine. However, if the inlet is frozen, you may not be able to back-fill the cos dem Feb 2021 #5

All incoming water is froze up Bucky Feb 2021 #18

Are they 100% frozen -- or just slow? Blue Owl Feb 2021 #6

flushing should be ok since the waste pipe has no liquid/matter in it until you flush. drray23 Feb 2021 #7

Crap away trc Feb 2021 #8

From up high soothsayer Feb 2021 #11

It doesn't have to be high. In 1991 Des Moines' water works was flooded. rsdsharp Feb 2021 #23

Interesting! I based it on an episode of 90 day fianc in Mexico where the toilet had no tank soothsayer Feb 2021 #28

You can (and should!). It has to be done fairly quickly. rsdsharp Feb 2021 #32

If the turd is frozen jmbar2 Feb 2021 #9

HAHAHA!!! Bucky Feb 2021 #19

Ken Paxton won't fit in a microwave jmowreader Feb 2021 #29

hahahahah jmbar2 Feb 2021 #31

New England native here. yewberry Feb 2021 #10

Three thoughts PJMcK Feb 2021 #14

THANKS to all my cold weather experienced Dems. You've brought relief to my ears... Bucky Feb 2021 #20

When living in Atlanta, bamagal62 Feb 2021 #22

Your toilet will flush once. Make it count! Chainfire Feb 2021 #21

For those who pipes are not yet frozen. Fill your bath tub with water. Fla Dem Feb 2021 #24

The worse part of your pipes freezing is when they thaw. When the water freezes it expands and doc03 Feb 2021 #25

I have a solution that many, if not most will find repulsive, Worried2020 Feb 2021 #26

Use a hair dryer if the frozen pipe is accessable. rickford66 Feb 2021 #27

This won't help you for now... jmowreader Feb 2021 #30