Very cold weather, toilet overflow, sink too
Hi, I'm about two years a full timer, and I'm stumped, which is something you can't be if you are on the road. I'm at the border/panhandle of Florida/Alabama. The weather has been in record lows, ...
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you left the water trickle from the bath and kitchen sink…
the bath sink and toilet overflowed because they are plumbed to the black tank…
if both sinks were plumbed to the same tank, both would have backed up since they are at the same level….
I doubt freezing had a thing to do with it, fear of freezing maybe… by leaning the water run the only thing you are protecting from freeze is the supply hose that is outside…
And yes I have left water trickle to keep the water line from freezing in temps well below what the panhandle sees and for much longer time durations and had no fear of the sewer hose freezing unless there was no fall or it had standing water in it…
the bath sink and toilet overflowed because they are plumbed to the black tank…
if both sinks were plumbed to the same tank, both would have backed up since they are at the same level….
I doubt freezing had a thing to do with it, fear of freezing maybe… by leaning the water run the only thing you are protecting from freeze is the supply hose that is outside…
And yes I have left water trickle to keep the water line from freezing in temps well below what the panhandle sees and for much longer time durations and had no fear of the sewer hose freezing unless there was no fall or it had standing water in it…
