PotashRLS Posted February 14, 2014 Report Share Posted February 14, 2014 Our water line froze over night last night. Apparently our prolonged severe cold has really driven the frost down into the uncovered ground (roads and driveways). The water lines up here are buried 6 1/2' down typically but when they run under the driveways, the frost can get to them. The water utility is coming this afternoon as we are number 3 on his list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adjam5 Posted February 14, 2014 Report Share Posted February 14, 2014 Wow...That is COLD! How you guys hang in there and get some flow going soon. I hope your waste line is OK also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted February 14, 2014 Report Share Posted February 14, 2014 Hope they get your water going Tracy. That is some serious cold to freeze lines that deep, frost line here is 18 inches. I leave our water running in the basement when we get down below the mid 20's to keep flow going. When it dips down below the mid teens I turn on the heat lamp in the well house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUDRUNNER Posted February 14, 2014 Report Share Posted February 14, 2014 It's been happening a lot around here too. So far so good for us though. I believe that our water lines have to be down 4'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted February 14, 2014 Report Share Posted February 14, 2014 Wow! Hope you guys get water soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotashRLS Posted February 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2014 Worked with the water utility for a couple hours running a small pvc water line that jets water ahead of itself trying to thaw out the line. He has had about 50/50 luck with it. We ran 80' in and then hit an elbow or some obstruction. At 80' we were clearly out in the roadway so that is for sure where it is frozen. Guaranteed roadways are frozen below 6'. There are 30 homes froze up, all out in the road. Most are running a garden hose between houses (below the snow) for water. Keeping them running will keep it from freezing......we hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Posted February 14, 2014 Report Share Posted February 14, 2014 One of my coworkers water line froze on Wednesday. The city workers came out that night and dug up around the pipe and used high pressure stream and got the line thawed out. They told home to leave a tap running in the house until April or it will freeze again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted February 14, 2014 Report Share Posted February 14, 2014 water lines here are buried 8' deep...I have never had a line freeze yet... I feel for the people in the south for sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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