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January 1st, 2018, 8:39 PM
#31
Originally Posted by
Ricky
It's supposed to be 14 degrees Tuesday morning and 13 degrees Wednesday morning for those of you that Park your vehicles outside in the driveway ensure they're not facing to the north.
Uhmmm Why not? LOL
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January 1st, 2018, 9:40 PM
#32
XZ... One of the first things I always do when I get a new house is to show my Mrs. where the water main is and how to turn it off in case of a water leak somewhere..
It is usually in the front yard, inside the meter box... When you take the lid off of the meter box you will see a valve in there, usually with arrows on it, that indicate which way the water is flowing. All you have to do is figure out how to get the lid off (Lowes sells the key to open Killeen boxes if you can't figure out how to do it with a screwdriver like I did). If you have a pair of pliers, all you do is turn the valve 90 degrees to the right (or the left in most cases will do just as well) and it will shut off the main water supply to the house. It really comes in handy if you ever have to turn off water to change an inside valve of the toilet or a sink faucet.
One thing you may have to watch out for is making sure that you do not turn off your neighbors water supply instead of your own, as many homes have the mains coming into the same box as a neighbor.
Just remembered something else... If you ever hear running water and you are not running any anywhere, you may have what is called a slab leak. Where a pipe under the foundation of the house has broken. One way to check if your system is not leaking anywhere is to turn off all the water running anywhere in the house (sinks, toilets, laundry etc...) and the go out to the meter box and look at the little gauge in there to see if the needles are moving at all.
Last edited by sojourner truth; January 1st, 2018 at 9:43 PM.
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January 1st, 2018, 11:02 PM
#33
Just went to check it and it had already started to freeze up again. Last time I checked it was around 6pm. So, after trying to come up up with something that may be a good insulator and failing I got one of those little hand warmers and put it on the part of the faucet closet to the house, wrapped it with a wash clothe, put the insulator sock on it, wrapped a heavy hoodie around that and now I think may put a card board box over it too! Guess I will be going to Home Depot or Lowes tomorrow and see if I can find anything else to help out.
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January 1st, 2018, 11:25 PM
#34
Originally Posted by
xzochye
Just went to check it and it had already started to freeze up again. Last time I checked it was around 6pm. So, after trying to come up up with something that may be a good insulator and failing I got one of those little hand warmers and put it on the part of the faucet closet to the house, wrapped it with a wash clothe, put the insulator sock on it, wrapped a heavy hoodie around that and now I think may put a card board box over it too! Guess I will be going to Home Depot or Lowes tomorrow and see if I can find anything else to help out.
Instead of the box I put another piece of styrofoam under the hoodie. Looks like my son will have to be responsible for checking it tomorrow morning before heading back to College Station since I will be leaving for work around 6:30.
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January 1st, 2018, 11:37 PM
#35
Originally Posted by
xzochye
Just went to check it and it had already started to freeze up again. Last time I checked it was around 6pm. So, after trying to come up up with something that may be a good insulator and failing I got one of those little hand warmers and put it on the part of the faucet closet to the house, wrapped it with a wash clothe, put the insulator sock on it, wrapped a heavy hoodie around that and now I think may put a card board box over it too! Guess I will be going to Home Depot or Lowes tomorrow and see if I can find anything else to help out.
Wow!!! It shouldn't require all that to keep it from freezing... sounds like you have something else causing the problem... it's froze up again in 5 hours?
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January 1st, 2018, 11:38 PM
#36
Can you take another picture of it.
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January 1st, 2018, 11:52 PM
#37
Originally Posted by
Ricky
Wow!!! It shouldn't require all that to keep it from freezing... sounds like you have something else causing the problem... it's froze up again in 5 hours?
It wasn’t frozen but the knob had started to. Took a little effort to turn it but once I did the water came out fine. I can get another pic tomorrow but here is the same one just cropped and zoomed in.
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January 1st, 2018, 11:54 PM
#38
Originally Posted by
Ricky
Wow!!! It shouldn't require all that to keep it from freezing... sounds like you have something else causing the problem... it's froze up again in 5 hours?
I’m thinking I may need to get some spray foam or caulking and reseal it around the brick.
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January 1st, 2018, 11:57 PM
#39
Originally Posted by
xzochye
I’m thinking I may need to get some spray foam or caulking and reseal it around the brick.
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This isn’t mine but it looks similar to mine where it goes into the brick. I think mine might be a tad more open than this one.
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January 2nd, 2018, 12:01 AM
#40
Originally Posted by
xzochye
This isn’t mine but it looks similar to mine where it goes into the brick. I think mine might be a tad more open than this one.
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not caulking but absolutely yes, if you're is wide open to the elements like that, fill it up with foam.....even if you got to run over to 24 hr wall mart to get it.......mac
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