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Explorer

Oct 13, 2015

Hot water down cold drains?

Anybody else wonder about this. I'm full timing right now until I close on my new home in southern PA. It's getting pretty cold at night. I keep wondering if putting fairly hot water down my drains might cause a crack or some glue failure somewhere.

Any thoughts?

Seeking Advice

13 Replies

Lantley
Nomad
Oct 13, 2015
Not an issue at all. The hot water will not harm anything
RoyB
Explorer II
Oct 13, 2015
I had to convert -40C to F and found out it was -40F haha... thats pretty darn cold...

Roy Ken
MudChucker
Explorer
Oct 13, 2015
Assuming abs or pvc drain material, not very likely, It is hard to bust that stuff when you try to do it.

We pump hot water down frozen pipes at minus -40c to unblock them and have never had issues.