Laundry FROZEN to the wall! LOL! Another story!

[BobsYourUncle]

I'm laughing! This is funny! :B

I have a storage compartment at the foot of my bed. Open the door, one shelf plus room on the floor, typical thing.

I keep random clothing I don't use often on the shelf and I devote the entire bottom for laundry. Open the door - huck it in there! Close the door - out of sight out of mind.

Well, it was a month ago today I hit the trail for Alberta to work. So, as you can imagine, in a month I have accumulated a pile of laundry in there.

I have a nice little bag that came from a car cover I sold recently and it is ideal for laundry. So tonight I thought I would pull everything out and stuff it in the bag.

Yeah well, I get most of it out and then start tugging on some socks and undies..... What the heck? Is there a dog in there having a tug-o-war with me? It won't come! Whistle whistle - come to daddy! Nope!

Grab the flashlight, get down on all 4 and have a peek. My my! There is ice all over the outside walls, lots of it, and it is holding my dirty ginch and socks hostage! haha! :B

So here I am, down on my knees in an awkward position with my heat gun. Yeah the same heat gun I have been using to thaw my kitchen water feed every time it freezes up. That's another story.

Yank yank yank on that sock! It won't let go yet. More heat gun. Ahh the heck with the heat gun, grab one of my little electric heaters and strategically position it at the door so I can come type this while the heat extricates my last sock from the wall!

Oh the joys of winter in the TT! Gotta have fun! :B

Still laughing!:)

[BobsYourUncle]

MCIbus wrote:
That's not to bad.

I had a water line bust during the night. I did not find out until morning and had 6” of ice piled up in one of my basement compartments. My bikes, tools, and lawn chars are frozen in 6” of ice.

I had all the stuff I needed to fix the pipe, but I could not get all the ice chipped off the tool boxes to get the stuff. It ended up costing $150 for the repair man and did not like climbing into the ice locker.

I have had an ice locker for 6 days and unless I head south I will drive around with it for a month or so.

Well, at least you have an excuse to drive to Florida now! :B

[sowego]

I am not laughing because we have experienced icing on walls! That is why I advise folks to not cram their cabinets full, pull all items away from the wall, and keep at least one cabinet door to each section of a cabinet open at all times to allow heat to circulate. This applied not only to clothing but all cabinets...you would not want your food items, books, papers, electronics, etc. frozen to a wall!

It is especially easy for ice to form on slide out walls/corners. Many a time we went to bed with visible ice in the corners of the slideouts near the bed.

The culprit is of course extreme cold & indoor humidity. Our experience was that any amount of humidity will cause freezing condensation on walls and of course window frames and glass. Even humidity levels below 10% can cause some icing.

We monitored our humidity with a humidistat and in our cold arid climate it was a struggle to keep humans comfortable with above 20% humidity because the furnaces ran 24/7 drying the air out to nose bleed levels of dryness. We actually had to run a small humidifier to do so which of course keeps humidity higher. If you are using the shower that would not be necessary. We were parked in the barnyard and used the bathroom in the house.

During the day if the sun shines ice will usually melt off window frames, glass and walls if the sun strikes that area. So, a daily drying down is necessary.

But, until we learned that we had clothing stuck to the outside walls, which of course melted making them wet, so they had to be taken out to dry.

Extreme cold is a challenge we can deal with but no longer wish to...we now travel during the nice time of year!

[MCIbus]

That's not to bad.

I had a water line bust during the night. I did not find out until morning and had 6” of ice piled up in one of my basement compartments. My bikes, tools, and lawn chars are frozen in 6” of ice.

I had all the stuff I needed to fix the pipe, but I could not get all the ice chipped off the tool boxes to get the stuff. It ended up costing $150 for the repair man and did not like climbing into the ice locker.

I have had an ice locker for 6 days and unless I head south I will drive around with it for a month or so.

[Jack_Diane_Free]

Are you sure it is frozen. Could be stuck on there with 'toe jam' ha ha ha!

[Alfred622]

When the ice melts to free the sock, where will all the water go?
Hopefully you can mop up as much water as possible with a towel so it won't seep into the flooring or freeze in other awkward places. After you get it dry inside, sounds like a bit of styrofoam (or other insulation) against that outer wall would be helpful. Good Luck! Oh, do you have a fan that can force warm air into the compartment?

[Peg_Leg]

BobsYourUncle wrote:

Executive wrote:
Just don't try to lick any poles.....:B......Dennis

Well, there is this yummy looking light pole right beside my TT.

I was thinking ..... I wonder how it tastes! Minus 16C out, should be pretty good!

STAY AWAY FROM THE LIGHT POLE! They just had a news article last night about people stealing the wiring from light poles at interstate rest areas and exits. Your now to call 911 if you see anyone near the poles.

[2hams]

Just too funny. Enjoy your posts.

[rvjames]

That is nuts! I think I would just leave it till summer!

[Golden_HVAC]

Leave the heater in there overnight, you really should thaw out that ice too, and get rid of the extra weight before moving on.

Good luck with the -25 weather. Hope it gets warmer soon!

Fred.

[wa8yxm]

You need: World's smallest space heater.
Click here for Sharper Image catalog page

This is a 150 watt space heater good for jobs like thawing and such.

Or, leave the door/hatch open and use a 1500 watt job facing into the comnpartment..

Saves wear and tear on your heat gun, Let it run like 30-50 minutes and take out wet socks and such.

[gbopp]

This is another reason I envy the people in Florida. :C

[mrquacker]

Look on the bright side -- YOU'RE NOT WEARING IT!

[BobsYourUncle]

Still trying to get the blankety blank sock off the wall!
Still stuck there, even with the heater right inside the compartment!

Can you say Rrrrrrrip?

[Free_Range_Huma]

Clearly...time to buy new socks.
Prob underwear too.