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Old 01-31-2008, 09:45 PM
 
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How common is it in Fla.?
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Old 01-31-2008, 10:11 PM
 
Location: Maine
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I don't know for sure but I would say it's about as common as 70 degree weather in Maine in January. It can happen, it has happened...but it's extremely rare.
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Old 01-31-2008, 10:15 PM
 
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that's about what I thought--thanks

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I don't know for sure but I would say it's about as common as 70 degree weather in Maine in January. It can happen, it has happened...but it's extremely rare.
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Old 01-31-2008, 10:24 PM
 
Location: Heartland Florida
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South of Lake Okeechobee- impossible. That said in 1990 the solar panel at my parent's home froze and the pipes split in several places. But the pipes in homes will never get cold enough to freeze and split unless it is below freezing for more than 24 hours. That simply has never happened.
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Old 02-01-2008, 01:03 AM
 
Location: Maine
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I suppose in the panhandle it could happen but even there I would think it would be pretty rare.
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Old 02-01-2008, 03:09 AM
 
Location: Naples
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When I lived in Gainesville, I can remember putting the heat on at night quite frequently. It did get into the 30s at night, although it warmed up into the 60s in the day even with that. This was 30 years ago so I don't know what it is like now.

We have had some nights here in Naples in 40s and my husband has put the heat on to just take the chill out of the house.
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Old 02-01-2008, 04:41 AM
 
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Here in north central Florida pipes can freeze in a hard freeze. Especially in older mobile homes with little insulation. In heated houses on slabs with city water this wont happen except in exposed pipes to water hoses.

In a normal winter we get one or two hard freezes where the temp drops below freezing for 6 hours or more.

If you are worried about a freeze just run a trickle of water from a inside faucet all nite and shut it off by 10 in the morn and you will be fine
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Old 02-01-2008, 04:43 AM
 
Location: Sunny Naples Florida :)
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Never had it happen in the 24 years I was in SWFL.. Pipes never froze or anything.. Now up here is a different story lol! Pipes freeze weekly!
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Old 02-01-2008, 08:18 AM
 
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thanks everyone -- I read online that 20 degrees fahrenheit is the danger point for pipes to freeze. I don't even know if it's possible for it to get that cold here.
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Old 02-01-2008, 11:18 AM
 
Location: West Virginia
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Old plumming breaks without freezing...
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