Anonymous
02/09/2026 18:16
Subject: Re:So... how are everyone's pipes now that we're above freezing?
One of ours bursts on Sunday morning. Luckily, we almost immediately saw water pouring down in the room below. We shut off the valve and called a plumber who repaired it. Now have to call someone to close opening in wall that had to be made to repair pipe.
Anonymous
02/08/2026 16:58
Subject: So... how are everyone's pipes now that we're above freezing?
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.
frozen pipes lead to burst pipes. did you really not know this o wise one?
Not necessarily, ask a plumber. You seem to have a very vague idea about the mechanics of this.