Good tip on prepping the drain pipe traps, that should help. I’m sure there are better options if you have the right tools but as a stopgap solution, it would help lower the freezing point and gives you better odds of not coming back to a cracked pipe.
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RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Learn where the water shutoff is to your house.
If the worst happens and you lose power for any significant amount of time with no way to heat your home, and you face leaving your house find someplace warm, shut the water off. Some might suggest leaving taps trickling, and that might work for sinks, but won’t for toilets and other pipes.
Open the lowest spigot in the house to drain as much water as possible. Flush the toilets enough times to empty the tanks. Pour cheap vodka in the toilet “S” traps and sink “U” traps as a cheap antifreeze.
I’ve had to winterize a house on several occasions, learned the hard way on a couple occasions when I came back to a busted toilet or cracked drain.
fuzzzerd@programming.dev 12 hours ago
MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 11 hours ago
to add: get the proper rated winter wiper washer fluid.
once forgot I had the summer stuff still in (because it doesn’t smell like shit like the stuff with antifreeze) and I turned it on mid drive while it was freezing outside.
that was fucking scary, having suddenly no view at 40 mph. luckily the road was straight, but I was driving like Ace Ventura in the freezing cold until I could safely pull over. learn that one from me, so you don’t have to learn that lesson yourself, and hopefully never at freeway speeds.
stay safe out there you all! (and best of luck all Minnesotans, stay strong, together!)