No heat. How do I protect water pipes from freezing for 3 days?

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9 Responses

  1. cristelle R Says:
    September 11th, 2009 at 9:46 am

    wrap blanekts and loads of towels around your pipes!!! the last thing you want is a pipe burst!
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  2. lip11 Says:
    September 11th, 2009 at 10:28 am

    Home Depot and other home improvement stores sell cheap Styrofoam insulating tubes to put around your pipes. For a short term problem, I think they would work.

    For a long term solution, you’ll just have to put your plumbing inside a heated environment, or put them in the ground below the frost line.
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  3. Daydreamer Says:
    September 11th, 2009 at 10:36 am

    Its called ‘lagging’. It means, wrap loads of stuff around the pipes. Sacking is very good cheap material.
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  4. msilv9009 Says:
    September 11th, 2009 at 11:26 am

    DRAIN THE PIPES .

    THIS IS THE BEST ANSWER.

    NEXT: WRAP THE PIPES.

    THIRD: LET THE WATER RUN SLOWLY: YES THIS RUNS THE COST UP.. BUT IT IS LESS THEN REPLACING BROKEN PIPES.
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    NOW RETIRED.

  5. Matt B Says:
    September 11th, 2009 at 12:05 pm

    turn the water on just enough to drip on all of the faucets
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  6. Mike N Says:
    September 11th, 2009 at 12:53 pm

    Yea, run the stupid water to keep the pressure down. Screw the water cost!
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  7. Richard R Says:
    September 11th, 2009 at 1:12 pm

    You’ll probably be fine if you keep all the faucets at a drip. It is highly unlikely that you will have a freeze-up at those temperatures for a short time. We have freeze-ups in the north east when the temperature is in the teens for 3 days straight. I don’t recommend kerosene heaters. they make you light headed after an hour. A small space heater near the meeter, and one in each apartment would probably be sufficient, and not an overload on the electrical box.

    GL…..Rich
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  8. Suzanne L Says:
    September 11th, 2009 at 1:30 pm

    I would definitely get some space heaters going in there and open up any doors under your sink areas and let the water run. Open up any faucets to your outside faucets as well if there are any. Exterior faucets can freeze up quicker than other areas first so think about it. Even when your boiler is operating normally water will not circulate below 55 degrees Fht. I know this for a fact as I witnessed it after some folks went to Florida in the dead of winter who thought they would save money by turning down their thermostat to save money while they were away.. LOL Boy did that cost them when they returned only to find out there were pipes burst all over their home behind walls and above ceilings… dont let this happen to you. I don’t know if you have basements there but if you can get access to your pipes the pipe insulation is a good idea and the heat tape as well.
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    Experience from a retired furnace and boiler serviceman.

  9. chicken2008 Says:
    September 11th, 2009 at 1:55 pm

    Get someone sooner. Explain this to them or someone else if it might freeze someone should come put the boiler in before Tuesday just for that reason alone.
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