Warmed up enough today, garage started raining. Currently have the water shut off. Had the faucets at a trickle, didn't think to prop open the master toilet flapper to keep it running, froze up and burst apparently. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Sorce:
Warmed up enough today, garage started raining. Currently have the water shut off. Had the faucets at a trickle, didn't think to prop open the master toilet flapper to keep it running, froze up and burst apparently.
Yeah our garage ceilings are about 2ft up there and have finished ceilings so gonna have to cut the sheetrock out. Most plumbing companies can only put you on a waitlist. Luckily I was expecting this after it froze and cut the water pretty quick when I heard it running non stop. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Sorce:
Yeah our garage ceilings are about 2ft up there and have finished ceilings so gonna have to cut the sheetrock out. Most plumbing companies can only put you on a waitlist. Luckily I was expecting this after it froze and cut the water pretty quick when I heard it running non stop.
Was this for a toilet that never gets used? Sorry, I'm a complete plumbing dumbass. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Sorce:
Yeah our garage ceilings are about 2ft up there and have finished ceilings so gonna have to cut the sheetrock out. Most plumbing companies can only put you on a waitlist. Luckily I was expecting this after it froze and cut the water pretty quick when I heard it running non stop.
I have a feeling you won't be alone when things thaw. Augh. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Pants:
Was this for a toilet that never gets used? Sorry, I'm a complete plumbing dumbass.
No it was our master bathroom, it froze overnight 2 days ago, nothing I could do to thaw the pipes because of where they are. Not sure how the lines are run but I know if you flush the toilet it doesn't impact the shower in this house so they split pretty far away. At least when they remove the ceiling I'm going to see what I can do to insulate this thing so it doesn't happen again.
Originally Posted by eDave:
I have a feeling you won't be alone when things thaw. Augh.
Sounds like that was today, every plumber is like we can put you on our emergency list but there are like 20 people already on there. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Sorce:
No it was our master bathroom, it froze overnight 2 days ago, nothing I could do to thaw the pipes because of where they are. Not sure how the lines are run but I know if you flush the toilet it doesn't impact the shower in this house so they split pretty far away. At least when they remove the ceiling I'm going to see what I can do to insulate this thing so it doesn't happen again.
Gotcha, man. I'm so sorry about it all. Sounds freaking brutal. :-)
I know at least one of our neighbors had their pipes burst.
Originally Posted by Sorce:
Yeah our garage ceilings are about 2ft up there and have finished ceilings so gonna have to cut the sheetrock out. Most plumbing companies can only put you on a waitlist. Luckily I was expecting this after it froze and cut the water pretty quick when I heard it running non stop.
Originally Posted by Sorce:
Yeah our garage ceilings are about 2ft up there and have finished ceilings so gonna have to cut the sheetrock out. Most plumbing companies can only put you on a waitlist. Luckily I was expecting this after it froze and cut the water pretty quick when I heard it running non stop.
Do you have insulated garage doors? I had the same shit happen to me in a deep freeze but I was lucky. It never broke but it wouldn’t fill the toilet after you flushed it. So after that I left the flap open a bit in the toilet over night. I’d rather pay a big water bill than have to deal with that shit. Good luck man [Reply]
Basement bath line burst. Got it shut off before it did real damage. Just got the unfinished area and vinyl flooring in the bath and doorway but not the carpeted truly finished area. Really cool but now we wait for a plumber. We're on the list lol. [Reply]
Plumber is here now, apparently nobody wants to pay a 250 emergency fee. I'm like just get it fixed. He found the broken pipe so hopefully it's working tonight. [Reply]
