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Today was the third time in that last 10 days that my water froze under my crawl space. I live in an old farmhouse and the nimrods who built on to the original house didn't use much common sense.

I got up at 4:30 to see if the water was frozen and it was. I had to bundle up, go out into the -8 degrees and open up the crawl space. I took about 20 towel rags and put them in the dryer and laid them on the pipes. Every 30 minutes I would take a fresh load of hot towels out and cover the pipes. After 4 hours and no luck, I got the heater I use in deer season (1000 BTU propane screws on a 1 pound can), lit it, and put in under the house.

I got water at 12:15!
 
CigarStone said:
Today was the third time in that last 10 days that my water froze under my crawl space. I live in an old farmhouse and the nimrods who built on to the original house didn't use much common sense.

I got up at 4:30 to see if the water was frozen and it was. I had to bundle up, go out into the -8 degrees and open up the crawl space. I took about 20 towel rags and put them in the dryer and laid them on the pipes. Every 30 minutes I would take a fresh load of hot towels out and cover the pipes. After 4 hours and no luck, I got the heater I use in deer season (1000 BTU propane screws on a 1 pound can), lit it, and put in under the house.

I got water at 12:15!
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I’m sure you know this but leave your water trickling in freezing temps. I have a zone of radiant heat in the mud room where our washer and dryer is that I leave running 24/7 in these temps.
 
CigarStone said:
Today was the third time in that last 10 days that my water froze under my crawl space. I live in an old farmhouse and the nimrods who built on to the original house didn't use much common sense.

I got up at 4:30 to see if the water was frozen and it was. I had to bundle up, go out into the -8 degrees and open up the crawl space. I took about 20 towel rags and put them in the dryer and laid them on the pipes. Every 30 minutes I would take a fresh load of hot towels out and cover the pipes. After 4 hours and no luck, I got the heater I use in deer season (1000 BTU propane screws on a 1 pound can), lit it, and put in under the house.

I got water at 12:15!
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Don’t you know a home inspector that could give some ideas on how to prevent that, in the future?
 
Tall Paul said:
I’m sure you know this but leave your water trickling in freezing temps. I have a zone of radiant heat in the mud room where our washer and dryer is that I leave running 24/7 in these temps.
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Yeah, I thought I had it fixed ...... I was wrong! I didn't want to leave hot and cold both dripping all night:rolleyes:
 
CigarStone said:
Yeah, I thought I had it fixed ...... I was wrong! I didn't want to leave hot and cold both dripping all night:rolleyes:
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Bet you wish you did😬 glad you got it running.

Do some heat trace this summer. Set it up wit a stat to turn on at 30F or so.
 
Tall Paul said:
Bet you wish you did😬 glad you got it running.

Do some heat trace this summer. Set it up wit a stat to turn on at 30F or so.
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👍 That's on the summer agenda. I need one of my skinny grandsons to crawl under there and fix this and the duct work.
 
CigarStone said:
Not if you have to crawl under a tiny crawl space that may have God knows what creatures this time of year!
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yikes!

We have a heat cable thing that is around a pipe in the kitchen. No crawlspace but there is a overhang that doesn’t have a lot of insulation that is exposed. House came this way. We leave it plugged in year round. Has a thermostat in it that turns it off when not needed. Works well.
 
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