My water is frozen!

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Grrrrrrrrr! It got really cold here on Sunday and while I left the water trickling, it apparently was not enough and my water froze
This happens at least once every winter, I live in a trailer and the water come up from a hole in the gorund beneath the trailer and it is fairly exposed to the elements. This time I cannot get it unfrozen and it really sucks not having running water
Can I please have some melting vibes? I'm home from work today to try to get it flowing again, I can't go on like this much longer!
 

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Originally Posted by katiemae1277

Grrrrrrrrr! It got really cold here on Sunday and while I left the water trickling, it apparently was not enough and my water froze
This happens at least once every winter, I live in a trailer and the water come up from a hole in the gorund beneath the trailer and it is fairly exposed to the elements. This time I cannot get it unfrozen and it really sucks not having running water
Can I please have some melting vibes? I'm home from work today to try to get it flowing again, I can't go on like this much longer!
We are supposed to get slammed with a major snow storm today hon. If you can't get your water running you may have to run out and buy a heater for your pipes.

that the ice melts.
 

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I feel your pain, we battle that as well. Have you tried a blow dryer?
THAW vibes coming your way.
 
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yeah, that's why I figured I better try a little harder to get it going, I have a space heater out there, might go out with my hair dryer for a few minutes
 

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I too would suggest a hair dryer!! Can you go to a hardware store or home depot/lowes and buy the foam tubes that you can put around pipes?? You need to know the size of the pipe though. They can be cut to fit!!
 

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We used to have this happen frequently when I was a kid on the farm. My dad just fired up the blowtorch and thawed everything out first thing in the morning.
 

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Mine too! This is the 3rd time in the last 2 weeks that I couldn't use my kitchen sink because of frozen pipes. Usually when the pipes are frozen and we run our hot water for an hour or so is enough to thaw the pipes, but apparently the last 3 times has been really bad. The people on the 2nd floor below me have been getting flooded because of frozen pipes and I guess the pipe cracking and water from all of us upstairs backing up.

I heard banging and drilling for a few hours last evening so I guess it's fixed...again! It's supposed to be really cold for the next several days, so I have no doubt they will freeze again
 
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Thanks everyone, still no water flowage
I went out for about 10 minutes with the hair dryer, but it's cold out there!
still have the space heater going


and its not exactly my pipes, if I'm not mistaken all the pipes are plastic here (blowtorch would not be a good idea
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it's that the hole in the ground has frozen!
 

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Originally Posted by katiemae1277

and its not exactly my pipes, if I'm not mistaken all the pipes are plastic here (blowtorch would not be a good idea
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it's that the hole in the ground has frozen!
Good point!


Our pipes were copper back on the farm.
 

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OMG, Katie! Our inside pipes are in part plastic, but the line from the outside is metal. I hope you get it straightened out soon.
 

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Oy! We've had that happen here enough times for me too. Our pipes are wrapped with foam and there is an electrical wire around them to help it stay warm too. We've been able to thaw ours by aiming a space heater right at the elbow joint of it where it comes out of the ground. I've also seen people pay the water company to bring out big heater things to melt it.

Hope you get it fixed soon! I know it's a major pain in the butt!
 
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