update on the frozen toilet!

[biffbacon]

so the water ended up flowing again, and no pipes ruptured, but in trying to get the pot to work the other night, i broke one of the plastic components inside the toilet reservoir. im no plumber, but after some spilled water and a trip to lowes today i got her up and running again.... i was finally able to sit and enjoy my throne again!

 

[DaWhim]

:camera: or BAN

 

[TGregg]

Gratz man. But if your pipes froze, they'll freeze again. And, if somebody else lived in the house before you (I assume so, since y'all have copper pipes, and those are kinda old) the pipes prolly froze before.

Each and every time the pipes freeze, they weaken.

Now it may be that copper pipes can last a while, but PVC (plastic) pipes will eventually break if water keeps getting frozen in them. (I assume you know how ice takes up more volume than the same weight in water, so a pipe that freezes has pressure building up inside it). I dunno squat about copper pipes.

So, you might want to figure out if it really was a frozen pipe. And if it was, where it froze. Then insulate it. Or else, keep a trickle of water running through it on cold days/nights (running water is harder to freeze - if you have a borderline system this could solve your problems).

HTH,
T

 

[biffbacon]

Originally posted by: TGregg
Gratz man. But if your pipes froze, they'll freeze again. And, if somebody else lived in the house before you (I assume so, since y'all have copper pipes, and those are kinda old) the pipes prolly froze before.

Each and every time the pipes freeze, they weaken.

Now it may be that copper pipes can last a while, but PVC (plastic) pipes will eventually break if water keeps getting frozen in them. (I assume you know how ice takes up more volume than the same weight in water, so a pipe that freezes has pressure building up inside it). I dunno squat about copper pipes.

So, you might want to figure out if it really was a frozen pipe. And if it was, where it froze. Then insulate it. Or else, keep a trickle of water running through it on cold days/nights (running water is harder to freeze - if you have a borderline system this could solve your problems).

HTH,
T

ive heard about some heat tape that you put around pipe... heard it works, im gonna look into it

 

[AlienCraft]

Originally posted by: biffbacon

Originally posted by: TGregg
Gratz man. But if your pipes froze, they'll freeze again. And, if somebody else lived in the house before you (I assume so, since y'all have copper pipes, and those are kinda old) the pipes prolly froze before.

Each and every time the pipes freeze, they weaken.

Now it may be that copper pipes can last a while, but PVC (plastic) pipes will eventually break if water keeps getting frozen in them. (I assume you know how ice takes up more volume than the same weight in water, so a pipe that freezes has pressure building up inside it). I dunno squat about copper pipes.

So, you might want to figure out if it really was a frozen pipe. And if it was, where it froze. Then insulate it. Or else, keep a trickle of water running through it on cold days/nights (running water is harder to freeze - if you have a borderline system this could solve your problems).

HTH,
T

ive heard about some heat tape that you put around pipe... heard it works, im gonna look into it

Heat tape will need to be plugged in to work. Don't forget or put it on a timer to turn on for a while every night during the freeze.
Insulation is a passive device that doesn't forget to work.

 

[Gravity]

Were you overclocking it?