I left out the part where the water pipes travel out through the garage, and up stairs to a bathroom. The bathroom is used pretty much, and I was hoping that the 50+ degree basement water would keep it from freezing.
Frozen pipes?!?
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forya said:
Is the garage heated or unheated and what is the temperature there when it gets cold and is the plumbing on the warm side of any insulation?
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I have an unheated garage with DHW pipes and baseboard heating pipes not on running through it. Since my pellet stove is in the basement next to the garage, I open the insulated metal door a crack on really cold nights so the heat will keep the garage above 32 degrees. It works.
There is a new product for protecting water pipes down to -30 degrees called Ice-Loc
http://www.iceloc.com/How_To.html
Also on about.com are 8 pages of some good tips on frozen pipes in your home.
http://homerepair.about.com/od/plumbingrepair/ss/thaw_frzn_pipe.htm
From Page 5 of 8
Preventing Frozen Pipes
There are a few things you can do to prevent the problem of freezing pipes from occurring again.
* Leave the faucet drip slightly as a trickle. The dripping water will keep the water in the pipe from freezing.
* Open kitchen base cabinet and let room air circulate.
* Open kitchen base cabinet and place a small portable heater near or in it to heat the pipes
* Wrap the problem pipe with electrical heat tape.
* Insulate the problem pipes with foam insulation wrap, especially those that run through unheated spaces.
* Temper the currently unheated crawlspace by placing a heater in the crawlspace. You just need to elevate the crawlspace temperature to modestly above freezing, about 40°F.
I have an unheated garage with DHW pipes and baseboard heating pipes not on running through it. Since my pellet stove is in the basement next to the garage, I open the insulated metal door a crack on really cold nights so the heat will keep the garage above 32 degrees. It works.
There is a new product for protecting water pipes down to -30 degrees called Ice-Loc
http://www.iceloc.com/How_To.html
Also on about.com are 8 pages of some good tips on frozen pipes in your home.
http://homerepair.about.com/od/plumbingrepair/ss/thaw_frzn_pipe.htm
From Page 5 of 8
Preventing Frozen Pipes
There are a few things you can do to prevent the problem of freezing pipes from occurring again.
* Leave the faucet drip slightly as a trickle. The dripping water will keep the water in the pipe from freezing.
* Open kitchen base cabinet and let room air circulate.
* Open kitchen base cabinet and place a small portable heater near or in it to heat the pipes
* Wrap the problem pipe with electrical heat tape.
* Insulate the problem pipes with foam insulation wrap, especially those that run through unheated spaces.
* Temper the currently unheated crawlspace by placing a heater in the crawlspace. You just need to elevate the crawlspace temperature to modestly above freezing, about 40°F.
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