Water Freezing From Well Pipes
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Water pipe insulation to protect from freezing....
Comments (5)Information on Winterizing Banana Plants.......... If desired, spray your stump and ground area around the plant with a fungicide, (this is optional) and allow it to dry. Then take the 5 plastic lawn bags of leaves, tied closed with twist ties, and "winterize" your banana. Place 4 plastic lawn bags of dry leaves, (leave them in the plastic bags), around the stalk that you just trimmed, up against the stalk. Think of placing them to the North, South, East and West sides around the stalk, so that it is completely surrounded. Then place the last bag on top, to help shed off excess water and keep the stump and surrounding area drier. You can flatten it slightly if you want to. You just made an enclosure for your plant that will protect it from the elements, excess moisture, heat and cold, until spring. Then in spring when it gets warmer and daffodils and spring flowers start blooming, remove the bags of leaves and when the soil warms up--your banana will sprout again. When you see new growth and it's grown to about a foot tall, start your fertilization program. Sometimes your banana will grow right from the stalk you cut off last year, and sometimes it will send up new shoots from the ground where its roots are still alive. Either way, it's exciting to see it start growing again in spring! In our part of the country, Canada, you will be seeing growth in most areas by the middle of May. I have noticed some plants in my yard in shadier areas took until the first of June to start growing, though, so don't give up on it too soon! Pipe Insulation works the same way !!! Diana55...See MorePreventing heating pipes from freezing when using woodstove
Comments (2)Dpett ,, you are wise to be concerned. I ran into this problem some years ago. The builder had not insulated the FHA heating pipe that was running through the garage ceiling to the other bedrooms. With my stove providing nearly all the heating of the house that pipe just got colder and colder. In the morning after the stove had gone out I turn on the furnace and ,,,, nothing , no heat at all. I called my father-in-law , a plumber who knew what the problem was right a way. He had me cut a hole in the garage ceiling and put a hair dry into the cavity set to HI. That thawed out the frozen pipes but the damage had already been done. The pipe had split in two places. The entire ceiling area next to the pipe had to be torn down, pipes insulated to the max and ceiling patched. Now we have the furnace set to go on when the house temps get below 68* rather than 60* and have not had a problem since....See MoreOld & New Copper Pipes - Acid Well Water
Comments (7)Thank you all for your responses. Frodo: The original part of the house (built in 1911) is over a full basement. The addition (put on in the 1930's) is built over a crawl space/slab. What I mean by that is that it is built over about 12 inches of the ground, and you can't fit anyone in there. The addition currently houses the small kitchen, a small bathroom, and mudroom. Maybe the best thing to do is relocate the kitchen to the dining room, and run PVC up from the full basement to the dining room directly above. This will keep the PVC heated. The bathroom on the second floor is in the original part of the house. That would need to replaced with PVC as well. I'll probably end up having the water lines shut off to the addition, since it gets no heat and putting PVC pipes would be nearly impossible due to the low clearance of the crawl space, and since the PVC would probably crack under the cold air. I hate the thought of replacing the upstairs bathroom pipes since we just did that (the plumber used copper), and we didn't know about our corrosive acidic water until just recently when we had it tested by a certified water lab. When he did that, we had to rip out the ceiling in the hallway directly below the bathroom, and just got done replacing the ceiling, plastering and painting it. Looks like we'll have to rip it all out again. Either that, or wait until we rip out the bathroom to remodel it and get at the pipes that way. That's a huge expense in itself we don't have the money for right now. I'm going to call few really good plumbers next week and have them come over for estimates. Either way, it's all going to cost a fortune. :(...See MoreHelp! Furnace broken...how to keep the pipes from freezing?
Comments (14)I totally disagree about having to drain the pipes. Open all the sink cabinet doors and use space heaters. Find out if the weather is going to be clear as well as cold. If the sun is shining, your home will gain heat during the day through the windows. You also already have a warm thermal mass if the house was warm when the furnace quit and you have a basement. Your basement may not feel warm to you, but it is a far distance from freezing. It will help keep the pipes from freezing during these four days. If the weather is going to be cloudy or windy, the single digits are going to last well into the daytime, or the pipes are close to walls that are not well-insulated, then provide space heating nearby or get heat wrap for the pipes. You could also go to Lowe's or HD and get the foam insulation tubes that are split and fit right over the pipes. Unless your furnace was a hot water system that also provided your hot water, you also have the heat of the water heater to keep at east the hot lines and the fixtures and drains warm. We all should probably insulate those hot pipes, anyhow. Kerosene heaters give me the willies, I hear too much about people being asphyxiated by not venting them properly. I think electric is safer. Either way, someone has to stay home if you are running space heaters....See MoreUser
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