A properly installed water line should not freeze. However a cabin not used regularly that has a slow dripping faucet will build up ice in a sewer line slowly until plugging it. A little known solution for this problem is…
A properly installed water line should not freeze. However a cabin not used regularly that has a slow dripping faucet will build up ice in a sewer line slowly until plugging it. A little known solution for this problem is…
Most homes have plumbing in the crawlspace. These pipes can be frozen by a small air leak in the foundation. I have seen water lines 3 feet from the outer wall freeze due to an air leak the size of…
I have dealt with frozen lines for over 40 years. Originally most water lines were either copper or galvanized steel and these could be thawed by running electrical current through them with a pipe thawer or welder. When I was…