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    Freezing Faucets

    What does everyone do to protect their outside faucets from freezing? I have one that faces the west and it seems to freeze all the time. I have one of those styrofoam covers on it and i also tried wrapping it with an old rag and plastic bags inside of that cover. No luck.
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    Quote Originally Posted by xzochye View Post
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    What does everyone do to protect their outside faucets from freezing? I have one that faces the west and it seems to freeze all the time. I have one of those styrofoam covers on it and i also tried wrapping it with an old rag and plastic bags inside of that cover. No luck.
    what is your west wall.....kitchen?......bed room, dining room, living room?
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    The back of our house faces north and we have had our bathroom faucet freeze even with the styrofoam cover and a rag wrapped around the faucet. We we have done is wrap the inside valves under the sinks with old dish towels and is has stopped it. We also have opened our cabinet doors at night so it wont freeze as well. Did this a couple years ago and it has been fine since.
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    It is in between my front room and a bedroom. I know chimneys are well insulated but you would think it would have provided some type of warmth. It was going till after 2 am. In the picture the brick is wet from me pouring hot water on it.




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    Let it drip
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    Quote Originally Posted by CenTexDave View Post
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    Let it drip
    Even though it's outdoors? I do that inside but when I think about doing it outside I just imagine a long icicle going into the faucet.
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    Water down here is expensive. My mom used to let hers drip in NJ in the winter. It saved her a 60 dollar service call. It is only going to be below frezing at night until Friday. You could wrap it with a hot wet towel at night before bed, if you are OCD like me. You have a back flow on the nozzle so letting it drip will make that annoying noise as the water runs.
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    Quote Originally Posted by fchafey View Post
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    Water down here is expensive. My mom used to let hers drip in NJ in the winter. It saved her a 60 dollar service call. It is only going to be below frezing at night until Friday. You could wrap it with a hot wet towel at night before bed, if you are OCD like me. You have a back flow on the nozzle so letting it drip will make that annoying noise as the water runs.
    Wouldn't that hot wet towel freeze and then make the pipes freeze even faster?
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    Quote Originally Posted by xzochye View Post
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    It is in between my front room and a bedroom. I know chimneys are well insulated but you would think it would have provided some type of warmth. It was going till after 2 am. In the picture the brick is wet from me pouring hot water on it.




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    is the backside of that spigot close to your bathroom sink? If so, just open the doors under the sink to keep it from freezing up.....

    same thing applies to those of us who have a spigot close to the kitchen sink.....just leave the doors under the sink open........mac
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    Quote Originally Posted by xzochye View Post
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    Wouldn't that hot wet towel freeze and then make the pipes freeze even faster?
    The strofoam would hold teh heat in for a five or six hours. By the the time it was cool enough to freeze it would be too late to freeze. Even though the coldest time around here is 1 hour after sun up. you could try a piece of insulation stuffed in the cover.
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