First Winter with Pier and Beam - Tips?

[EDS_]

Originally Posted by Talpa

EDS,

- agreed on the freeze/non-burst. at least for this home now it's happened twice *
- all taps have been in slo/flo mode - steady drip. also ran hot full in bathroom several times a day to do just as you said.
- water never flowed out of hot side on any drip..it was frozen out from the tee line to kitchen, as described above.

* Issue resolved itself yesterday; hot began flowing finally in kitchen. Applying the small space heater over the target bib worked. Back to SOP.

Rabbit, I keep my vents closed year round - so may have helped accelerate the thaw time vs. uncovered - agreed.


Thanks for the help/tips, much appreciated.

Excellent news. Be diligent through tomorrow AM and then a little careful Friday and Saturday evenings and you'll be good.

Something is up if your heat is on, foundation vents closed and a hot water pipe still froze with water dribbling. Maybe missing insulation? Anyway, once the post-freeze rush is over I'd hire a plumber to look around and offer advice/mitigation.