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12-26-2021, 09:21 PM
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#26 | | 14 dolla balla aint got nothing on me!
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Originally Posted by kkttsang  Do you guys turn off the external pipes for the winter and for this cold snap.
Do you juts wrap the faucet?
Have you had any issues if you have never winterized in the past Vancouver winters. | Turn the bib off through the ball valve inside your house. This should cut off any water from the valve to the hose
After shutting the ball valve off, switch the hose on to drain the remaining water from the pipe.
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12-27-2021, 08:49 AM
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#27 | | MiX iT Up!
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Originally Posted by winson604 lol never knew these existed either. This topic just came up at our complex today and in previous years we just advise to unhook all the hoses from the bibs and that's it. | Is this an acceptable approach when its -15?
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12-27-2021, 08:58 AM
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#28 | | I have named my kids VIC and VLS
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Well..my water main coming into the house froze and now no water whatsoever..that’s nice..
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12-27-2021, 09:46 AM
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#29 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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Originally Posted by Hondaracer Well..my water main coming into the house froze and now no water whatsoever..that’s nice.. | At work in the past we've hooked up a small electric current to the property line shut off valve and opened up a tap until water would come through. Tell the homeowner to keep a tap open for the next several hours and even a low stream over night in to a sink to prevent it from freezing again.
Give the city a call. They'll have their dispatch # for 24/7 emergencies somewhere on their site. If possible they could potentially send a guy out to do what I just said, but today is a holiday and it wont be free. Some cities will offer it, others won't.
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12-27-2021, 09:53 AM
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#30 | | I have named my kids VIC and VLS
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Originally Posted by stewie At work in the past we've hooked up a small electric current to the property line shut off valve and opened up a tap until water would come through. Tell the homeowner to keep a tap open for the next several hours and even a low stream over night in to a sink to prevent it from freezing again.
Give the city a call. They'll have their dispatch # for 24/7 emergencies somewhere on their site. If possible they could potentially send a guy out to do what I just said, but today is a holiday and it wont be free. Some cities will offer it, others won't. | Cool yea thanks for the idea. I can almost guarantee the issue are these clown contractors who built the basement bathroom before we had the house and didn’t insulate the main well enough coming in. I’ve got a space heater in this bathroom where the pressure relief valve is etc. so hopefully can heat up the room enough to get it flowing again
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12-27-2021, 10:11 AM
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Not surprised if it was contractor related. I see a lot of them now using directional digging to install the water lines from water mains to property line so they dont actually have to dig a trench across a road. Works great if done right but if it hits a decent sized rock in the ground it'll deflect the pipe up and have it sitting just below ground level at maybe 12" deep. They really don't care so long as the pipe comes out the other end.
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12-27-2021, 03:04 PM
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#32 | | Even when im right, revscene.net is still right!
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Just got in from a 50 minute run outside in -27 with windchill, exposed skin on my face actually started to hurt when running into the wind.
I'm winterizing for outdoor running with 2 pairs socks, 2 pairs pants, t-shirt+long sleeve+fleece+jacket, glove liners+ski mittens, 2 toques, buff over lower face; this gear takes a solid 10 minutes to find and put on. I moved to the South Okanagan for mild winters...bring on summer already! 
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12-27-2021, 03:09 PM
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I have a friend who moved into a brand new townhouse last year in Abbotsford. over 20 Units with frozen pipes and I'm not talking just people who didn't winterize their hose bibs.
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12-27-2021, 05:24 PM
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#34 | | I have named my kids VIC and VLS
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Yeap.. no water still.. lol
What’s kind of fucked is, in theory the 18” or whatever of ground cover is code for getting below the frost line and you’re pipes shouldn’t freeze. However, I have a feeling it’s almost because of the amount of rain prior to this cold streak made the ground so saturated that froze easier and deeper than it would have otherwise
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12-27-2021, 05:53 PM
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12-28-2021, 09:03 PM
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Originally Posted by fliptuner Reminder to keep your car door seals clean, dry and maintained with silicone spray | You need to try Shin Etsu grease from Honda, that stuff is awesome for car seals.
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12-28-2021, 09:06 PM
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This year was a record for us, were closed until tomorrow
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The plumber yesterday had 14 calls
I had 10 calls today
1/4 of those are Frozen pipes, so much water damage
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12-28-2021, 09:30 PM
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#38 | | I have named my kids VIC and VLS
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Paid a plumber to come out and basically tell me to cut a hole in the wall (fair enough I appreciated her advice)
Ended up cutting a couple holes around my main in the back of a vanity, as presumed fucking hack job contractors who built the bathroom barely insulated the run off the main which fed the rest of the house.. had a hair dryer and oil heater in the bathroom jammed up into the hole until we got the water flowing again thank god…
Now I’m gonna have to rip open the wall in the spring/summer and reinsulate. She said the same thing, her and another colleague were on call and back to back days of 10+ frozen pipes
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