Pipes OK tomorrow night?? 26
It is going to drop to 26 tomorrow night after only being in the mid 40s tomorrow. It will probably only be below freezing for 4-5 hours. I do have an enclosed underbelly, and the pipe are plex. ...
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troubledwaters wrote:wildtoad wrote:wildtoad will take care of any fixes needed - just send him the bill.
Your pipes should be fine. It takes continued cold temp below freezing to freeze the water solid, and even more time for it to freeze to the point where the ice will cause damage.
It takes two things for water to freeze to cause burst pipes: 1. temperature below 32 degrees and 2. time.
The closer the temperature is to 32 degrees, the longer the pipes have to be subjected to below freezing.
1 hour at - 10 degrees is significantly more damaging than 1 hour at 31 degrees.
4 to 5 hours in the mid to high 20's is enough to cause concern. Do the best you can to mitigate any issues by draining the lines as previously posted.
