How's the weather?

[NYEric]

Let me know. I have a couple extra. I'll check for cat fur.

 

[cnycharles]

Got home last night thinking all was fine; turned on hot water, nothing. Cold came on. Went downstairs to see where hot water came up, area was blocked off by rock wall box, no access. While searching, looked in enclosed downstairs toilet stall and saw bowl and tank water frozen. Opened doors to two stalls dug around for small fans, turned on downstairs baseboard heat, fans to warm/melt frozen pipe. Found hole in cinder block wall where pipe goes from water heater through box and upstairs, found and set up brace to hold small space heater to thaw plastic pipes. Went upstairs to play online hearts, about to start and hear downstairs bubbling and vibrating sound; toilet pipe had started to thaw and bent copper elbow had come apart, water running across floor had turned on motion-sensor turning on light and exhaust fan, which alerted me to leak. Saw no shutoff anywhere in pipe leading to bathroom and most inside box. Only choice shut off all cold water. Do so, go upstairs to lose at cards (again), shortly hear bubbling from kitchen sink and hot water thawed out. Go back down, try to find spare stuff to cap off pipe elbow, nothing. After 10 pm so no stores open. Find hacksaw blade, cut and pull section of box under pipes and see no shutoff going from main water upstairs to toilet stall; decide to cut elbow off pipe and scavenge pipe fit elbow going from broken pipe to toilet, use as shutoff for toilet water; fuss with parts that don't want to come apart, go out into subzero wind get small pipe wrench out of car trunk, take things apart, put onto pipe, test, finally go to sleep. Listen to trickling cold/warm water running from faucets all night


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[NYEric]

:rollhappy:
Fun times. Good thinking.

 

[SlipperFan]

Sounds like a nightmare, Charles.

Ross, every time I complain about how cold it is here, I'll think of you in Minnesota.

 

[TDT]

Cold but clear here on the Canadian prairie too. -35C (-30F) with a 26km/hr wind making it feel like -40C (-40F). So glad i don't have to go out today!

I remember as a child one winter when we lived in an old farmhouse, the water lines froze one night. My Mom had a vacuum cleaner reversed to blow warm air, and after running all morning the pipe finally thawed!

 

[cnycharles]

Sounds like a nightmare, Charles

It thankfully was just a sort of rolling annoyance, Dot It was frozen where it could be gotten at easily, just a little hassle for a bit. Very thankfully the motion sensor turned on when the water started flowing so I turned the water off right away.

This morning, however all of the water was off, thought frozen where I couldn't reach; long story short while talking to ghouse maintenance manager on phone started flexing plastic pipe where water comes into building (near cinder block wall), heard crunching and then water flowing from faucets! Got heaters and foam board and water is running, I feel very fortunate!

It's going to be above freezing and raining until tomorrow evening, so I am still very much better off than many though going below zero again Tuesday etc so you can be sure I'm leaving water running and checking heaters often!


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[tomkalina]

-15F (-26C) air temperature at 9am this morning, but the nat. gas Modine heater + a small electric 1,500W heater used under the compot table were able to maintain 60 F. Windy, though, with wind chills of -41F (-41C). Looks like it should warm into the 30's F by weekend.

 

[NYEric]

Crazy in NYC. 40F and foggy, going to 15F tomorrow.

 

[AdamD]

Lowest high on record here, -1f. 10 inches of snow, I shoveled the driveway yesterday to get to work today, when I got in and showered my phone rang, it was my boss canceling work. It takes me an hour and fifteen to get downtown on a good day. Today would have been about a 4 hr trek

 

[abax]

Thank you NYCharles for reminding me to turn on a faucet. The temp.
is 0F right now and going lower tonight and tomorrow night. This is a
record low for this part of KY. I'm not a bit happy about it either!

 

[cnycharles]

yw! I saw louiseville, ky was 52 yesterday, and then later on it was 12. this morning it was 50 and so humid/condensation that my car wouldn't start (condensation covered the whole engine compartment, shorting things out). some wd-40 sprayed over electronics and a minute's wait, and it started right up. now it's 12 with 25 mph winds. wind blowing so hard through some window frames that the plastic that's taped over it is bowing into the room and peeling the tape off the frame. faucet is on, heaters checked and new heat tape on water inlet from well

 

[NYEric]

It's cool here.

 

[Heather]

Have I mentioned lately how much I appreciate California? Stay warm folks! Thinking of all of you in the frigid regions!

 

[Dido]

crazy was in Nürnberg today we had sun and +12C

This is very crazy

 

[bullsie]

Heat wave! Up to 6 degrees F now. Last night -36. Couple more months and it will be spring!

 

[Eric Muehlbauer]

6 deg when I left to walk a mile to work. By the time I got there, it was 4. Not pleasant. And my heat isn't working well either...it's 63 and dropping inside.

 

[Ruth]

Had a about 3 inches of snow last night and temp is suppose to get to 30F.
A little cold but still not like the Midwest and East coast.

 

[Chicago Chad]

Holy friggin snow

 

[cnycharles]

Lots of fog, lots of rain, warming, possible thunderstorms, wind


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[Clark]

Same as Charles, but w/o the fog.

I put the 'chids outside today for a nice January rain shower.