I found the area where the pipes were not frozen all the way but no doubt where the problem was. The waterflow thru that zone must have been just a trickle.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑04 Feb 2023, 4:40pmThat was our house in Sasktoon. All old, energy-inefficient windows. No problems like that here. We have an enclosed upstairs porch, windows all around, insulation top and floor. There's no direct heat to the space, only the circulation of the air. And yet it never gets cold there. High quality windows and proper insulation makes all the difference.Kimmelweck wrote: ↑04 Feb 2023, 4:26pmYeah now that you mention it, I guess it was shortly after I replaced the pipes that we had the house sided and replaced the insulation, so that probably plays the larger role in preventing freeze-ups.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑04 Feb 2023, 4:07pmA few years back our kitchen sink pipes froze up. They were flexible pvc, but they were placed to close to the outside wall with inadequate insulation. So a plumber relocated those pipes farther from the wall in the basement.Kimmelweck wrote: ↑04 Feb 2023, 3:50pmYesterday was pretty dang cold here, around 7 degrees (F), but my heat was working fine in the house. It’ll be a high around 27F today. Tomorrow it’ll be up to 42F, and then I’m looking at highs in the mid-30s to mid-40s for the next 2 weeks, similar to much of January. Aside from yesterday, we’ve been way above normal temps since the new year.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑04 Feb 2023, 3:20pm
No frozen pipes or anything here, tho some windows are frosted over quite a bit. The furnace hasn't taken a break since I woke up and it just recently cracked 20º C in the house. I've been running a space heater near me to counter the effects. I rode the bike this morning mostly to generate a sweat and get my blood moving. But, yeah, the worst is over, with the temperature moving upwards since this morning. Supposedly by mid-afternoon tomorrow we'll be hitting melting (like, a 35 degree swing in one day).
My upstairs kitchen sink pipes used to freeze up periodically and I’d have to let the faucet drip overnight if it was going to be very cold. About 15 years ago though, one of the sink pipes burst so I replaced both pipes (hot and cold) with flexible pvc-type pipe (mostly because it was the easiest thing to thread through the wall myself, from the upstairs down to the basement) and I haven’t had a freeze-up or had to do the overnight drip thing at my sink since.
I got new energy efficient windows about 8 years ago, and what a huge difference that has made. The place stays much warmer now. The old windows in my upstairs apartment were from the 1930s, and holy shit the whole house would rattle when it was windy. Nothing but peace and quiet now.
And my car battery is dead.