So... how are everyone's pipes now that we're above freezing?

[Anonymous]

Everyone ok? Anything frozen or burst?

[Anonymous]

seems okay so far

[Anonymous]

At the temps we had, OP, there was never any risk to pipes unless you lived in a poorly-built house with pipes running along exterior walls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At the temps we had, OP, there was never any risk to pipes unless you lived in a poorly-built house with pipes running along exterior walls.

Well, some people do have poor insulation and some people do have exterior pipes, so not sure what your comment contributes?

GW hospital has had a whole slew of burst pipes, and water mains are breaking. So it's not a weird ask.

In any case, I hope everyone's home and pipes are ok.

[Anonymous]

I don't know anyone who had pipes freeze/burst.

[Anonymous]

One pipe to our kitchen sink froze Saturday night. Poorly insulated 1965 house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At the temps we had, OP, there was never any risk to pipes unless you lived in a poorly-built house with pipes running along exterior walls.

It's a cultural thing in DC that people think they live in a warm place. So plumbers do things like running pipes in exterior walls, most contractors think insulation is bull.

I'm from southern New England, it doesn't really get any colder there than in DC, but people think of themselves as Yankees and they take preparation for winter seriously. No one would ever dream of putting pipes in an exterior wall there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't know anyone who had pipes freeze/burst.

I know someone in Arlington and someone in Bethany.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At the temps we had, OP, there was never any risk to pipes unless you lived in a poorly-built house with pipes running along exterior walls.

It's a cultural thing in DC that people think they live in a warm place. So plumbers do things like running pipes in exterior walls, most contractors think insulation is bull.

I'm from southern New England, it doesn't really get any colder there than in DC, but people think of themselves as Yankees and they take preparation for winter seriously. No one would ever dream of putting pipes in an exterior wall there.

I went to college in CT. It definitely gets a lot colder in new England that it does here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At the temps we had, OP, there was never any risk to pipes unless you lived in a poorly-built house with pipes running along exterior walls.

Tons of houses here have pipes running along exterior walls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At the temps we had, OP, there was never any risk to pipes unless you lived in a poorly-built house with pipes running along exterior walls.

It's a cultural thing in DC that people think they live in a warm place. So plumbers do things like running pipes in exterior walls, most contractors think insulation is bull.

I'm from southern New England, it doesn't really get any colder there than in DC, but people think of themselves as Yankees and they take preparation for winter seriously. No one would ever dream of putting pipes in an exterior wall there.

I went to college in CT. It definitely gets a lot colder in new England that it does here.

According to WeatherSpark.com:
Washington, DC, average January temperature 36F
Newport, RI, average January temperature 31F

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At the temps we had, OP, there was never any risk to pipes unless you lived in a poorly-built house with pipes running along exterior walls.

Well, some people do have poor insulation and some people do have exterior pipes, so not sure what your comment contributes?

GW hospital has had a whole slew of burst pipes, and water mains are breaking. So it's not a weird ask.

In any case, I hope everyone's home and pipes are ok.

Your question doesn't make sense, though. If pipes were to burst, they'd have done so last week. Frozen pipes are much less worrisome and must be dealt with differently than burst pipes, which are a hassle. And water main breaks are different again - they don't have insulation at all, so it's not surprising there were so many of them last week.

You're so ignorant about so many things that you mix up all sorts of different problems.

[Anonymous]

Might get even colder this weekend (although mostly wind chills which pipes don't give AF about). Actual air temps dropping a lot so you're not exactly out of the woods yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At the temps we had, OP, there was never any risk to pipes unless you lived in a poorly-built house with pipes running along exterior walls.

Well, some people do have poor insulation and some people do have exterior pipes, so not sure what your comment contributes?

GW hospital has had a whole slew of burst pipes, and water mains are breaking. So it's not a weird ask.

In any case, I hope everyone's home and pipes are ok.

Your question doesn't make sense, though. If pipes were to burst, they'd have done so last week. Frozen pipes are much less worrisome and must be dealt with differently than burst pipes, which are a hassle. And water main breaks are different again - they don't have insulation at all, so it's not surprising there were so many of them last week.

You're so ignorant about so many things that you mix up all sorts of different problems.

A lot of times burst pipes won't leak until they thaw.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At the temps we had, OP, there was never any risk to pipes unless you lived in a poorly-built house with pipes running along exterior walls.

Well, some people do have poor insulation and some people do have exterior pipes, so not sure what your comment contributes?

GW hospital has had a whole slew of burst pipes, and water mains are breaking. So it's not a weird ask.

In any case, I hope everyone's home and pipes are ok.

Your question doesn't make sense, though. If pipes were to burst, they'd have done so last week. Frozen pipes are much less worrisome and must be dealt with differently than burst pipes, which are a hassle. And water main breaks are different again - they don't have insulation at all, so it's not surprising there were so many of them last week.

You're so ignorant about so many things that you mix up all sorts of different problems.

A lot of times burst pipes won't leak until they thaw.

This.

You don't know a pipe has frozen and/or burst until it thaws. And you may not know it's frozen, if it's a water source you don't use often.

PP sounds like a mansplaining ahole.