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I have done about all I can think of to freeze proof this house but its really old. I fully expect my water to freeze. Im gonna have to go to work thru this shit cause animals. Their water is only about 8 inches deep so expect it to freeze solid. I dont know what to do about that. And I cant find my fuckin coveralls!

Only thing left at home to do is go down to old house and bring some barrels back with me to fill so at least I will be able to flush toilet. And heat lamp in shed for washer machine. Poor Dog is gonna have to survive thru it. He is no longer use to the cold since he is inside. He has a plastic doghouse with a lamp inside it but it is only a reptile lamp. A flood type one would cook him cause its so close in there.

Maybe Ill go get another lamp tomorrow and put it outside his house, I dont know.

I have done about all I can think of to freeze proof this house but its really old. I fully expect my water to freeze. Im gonna have to go to work thru this shit cause animals. Their water is only about 8 inches deep so expect it to freeze solid. I dont know what to do about that. And I cant find my fuckin coveralls! Only thing left at home to do is go down to old house and bring some barrels back with me to fill so at least I will be able to flush toilet. And heat lamp in shed for washer machine. Poor Dog is gonna have to survive thru it. He is no longer use to the cold since he is inside. He has a plastic doghouse with a lamp inside it but it is only a reptile lamp. A flood type one would cook him cause its so close in there. Maybe Ill go get another lamp tomorrow and put it outside his house, I dont know.

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[–] • 3 pts

Look into heat tape for your necessary pipes. Change it accordingly, too. After so many years, swap it out. Wrap the pipes with the heat tape, wrap insulation around that. You can even unplug it when not in use. Make sure you've got two hammers to break the ice in the water dispensers. Small and large. The large hammer is the fuck all yall, hammer. LMAO!

[–] • 1 pt

35 years ago when I lived here was still metal pipes. I had to crawl under house with a torch. Its low, Im talking army crawl with a shovel. I put heat tape on it after that but its been replumbed since then. Im not going under there unless absolutely necessary. Its better prepared this year than many past, two places froze and broke last year.

I dont know if your a yankee or not but wtf do those fuckers do when power and water freezes? Where do they shit?

[–] • 2 pts

The reason pipes don't freeze in say North Dakota is because all of them are like 10 feet deep (maybe deeper). They have basements and the pipes come into their houses from under the basements, so even if it drops to -40, and the ground freezes like 6 feet deep or whatever, the water still flows.

[–] • 1 pt

I'm close enough to the Mason Dixon Line I can spit on it. (I won't, tho.) Power and water freeze? Been there, ya just rough it. Drive to a gas station to shit, wash up however you can. Never want to go through it again, but we do what we can to never go through it again. May happen, but we're ready for anything. I've been lucky, always had one drain that didn't freeze up. But, ya never know!

[–] • 1 pt

yeah my tub and kitchen drain on land, worried if I leave dripping and drain freezes. Gas station is to far away for shits, lol. Im not worried about septic as long as I have water to flush.

[–] • 1 pt

It's called "insulation" and not running your pipes aboveground through crawlspaces or exterior walls.

And power freezing? Tell your utility to insulate their plant.