01-06-2014, 11:41 AM
Greetings, gang.
Just like everywhere else it's cold here. Right now it's -9 with a wind chill of -23. North wind is 14 gusting to 22 mph. Our overnight low was -17 with a wind chill of -40. The one advantage i have (if you could call it that) is that we don't have the snow that others are getting. My sympathies to Kev and SJ.
The plumber just left. No, it was not a frozen pipe. The sewer was backed up. The trees around the house are nice but they can cause problems. Now we're trying to get estimates on replacing water pipes. The galvanized pipe is starting to spring leaks. The first estimate was $2000 but he said he was "old school" and would only use copper pipes. I may be a Luddite (just got a cell phone in September and it's a flip phone) but I can definitely see the advantages in time and labor using pex vs. copper.
Only activity planned for today is to avoid going outside.
All stay safe.
Tom
Just like everywhere else it's cold here. Right now it's -9 with a wind chill of -23. North wind is 14 gusting to 22 mph. Our overnight low was -17 with a wind chill of -40. The one advantage i have (if you could call it that) is that we don't have the snow that others are getting. My sympathies to Kev and SJ.
The plumber just left. No, it was not a frozen pipe. The sewer was backed up. The trees around the house are nice but they can cause problems. Now we're trying to get estimates on replacing water pipes. The galvanized pipe is starting to spring leaks. The first estimate was $2000 but he said he was "old school" and would only use copper pipes. I may be a Luddite (just got a cell phone in September and it's a flip phone) but I can definitely see the advantages in time and labor using pex vs. copper.
Only activity planned for today is to avoid going outside.
All stay safe.
Tom
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