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The always running water with no freezing also comes at the cost of living in an area with an alligator problem. (Quite shocking when you're not native the area and you find a herd of gators on a golf course blocking your putt. Trust me on this.) I'm betting that's not a common issue in New York State for you now. So stick with the problems that you know rather than find all new problems you don't want to deal with....that have more teeth.
Tony you are in very capable hands, a man like Bob would cost a fortune to hire. In this case he is graciously willing to be your advisor for the cost of a thank you. A great perk for your being such a wonderful member of this forum.
Bob you are a gentlemen and a scholar, God Bless you.
Tony you are always "Johnny on the spot" when someone needs help or just a kind greeting, now you are getting some help. This is a perfect example of the old saying "what goes around comes around"
The always running water with no freezing also comes at the cost of living in an area with an alligator problem. (Quite shocking when you're not native the area and you find a herd of gators on a golf course blocking your putt. Trust me on this.) I'm betting that's not a common issue in New York State for you now. So stick with the problems that you know rather than find all new problems you don't want to deal with....that have more teeth.
Its not the alligators that concern me. I lived in Darwin (Australia) where the Salt Water Crocodile numbers almost out numbered the human population, possibly because of a decline in pop numbers that "may in part" be attributed to the Salty. While they didn't lounge around on golf courses, it wouldn't have been unusual to see one in built up areas, especially in the wet, or this time of the year and they have absolutely no problem in attacking anyone or anything that get in their way.
While Darwin has some beautiful beaches, it isn't wise to go swimming off of them either. Actually, the same applies to the rivers in the Northern Territory as well. Satly's don't tend to like share their habitats with anyone or thing too well
Tony you are in very capable hands, a man like Bob would cost a fortune to hire. In this case he is graciously willing to be your advisor for the cost of a thank you. A great perk for your being such a wonderful member of this forum.
Bob you are a gentlemen and a scholar, God Bless you.
Tony you are always "Johnny on the spot" when someone needs help or just a kind greeting, now you are getting some help. This is a perfect example of the old saying "what goes around comes around"
Thanks Louis, appreciate that a lot. This is a case, I guess, of my having to swallow a bit of pride and ask for help - something I've never been all that great at doing or, at the risk of sounding conceited, having to before. As said, I've always been able to sort things out that went wrong, I've never had to deal with plumbing issues before, other than simple things such as adding a new outside tap/faucet and the like or putting in a new vanity and faucet set.
Trust me, I'd pay Bob a small fortune (a large fortune if I could) to get this sorted out, not just for now and this time round, but for good.
We are train brothers, its how we do! You are a good man, you have lots of funds built up on your account because of your goodwill towards everyone. You have to let Bob build up his goodwill funds too!
Tony,
If all of your water is coming from the same supply line and the last faucet works then I would say the it is not the supply line that is frozen.
Look under the sinks and tub.
The main line has to be thawed to get water to the kitchen if it is the farthest from where the water enters the house.
We had an older home that used to freeze up under the kitchen sink every year.
Open the doors to any cabinets where the inside water runs and put a 100 watt light bulb in the space.
Thanks for that and never considered using a light bulb as a heat source. That is certainly worth considering for under the kitchen sink which does have a tendency to freeze if we forget to let thew water drip.
The smaller lines coming off the main line would freeze first if they are subjected to the same temps as the main water line.
If you have to put a lamp under your sink because the pipes freeze under there, you must have one heck of a heating bill for the rest of your house.
Thanks mate and yeah it is good and a rather large relief, I was getting worried with talk of cracked and broken pipes etc. The temp here now is 33 or 34, so only just above freezing, but apparently enough to thaw out the lines and to be honest, that is all I care about.
I am going to have to do something to try to enclose the crawl space to try and stop the wind from getting under there if nothing else. Am going to replace the heat tape as well, whether it needs it or not. Having new tape can't hurt.
Be sure and put heat tape on as much of the runs off the main line as you can as well. Some of the people around here have put bales of straw around the north and west sides of the skirting on their mobile homes to block the wind. Visqueen would work, too.
Be sure and put heat tape on as much of the runs off the main line as you can as well. Some of the people around here have put bales of straw around the north and west sides of the skirting on their mobile homes to block the wind. Visqueen would work, too.
Oh I will be Bob. I am going to have at the very least the main bathroom and kitchen well heat taped. Have heard of people using bales of hey as wind breaks around this way as well. Could be a good option in the interim.
Up here in Montana, mobile homes are skirted with foam sheets, inch and a half, some times with foil backing and metal siding or skirting material covering the foam. Seems to work well.
That sounds like a good and easy way to obtain something more permanent for enclosing the crawl space. All I would have to do is build a fame work for the foam to attach to. Something for me to do when the weather warms up - ie August
Our neighbor had a double wide and that's the way we skirted the house and they haven't had a single problem with frozen pipes yet. We built the frame out of 2x2's to fit the foam and then screwed skirting to the 2x2 framing.
