Water not working

Wetbench4

Anyone else's water not working or is it just ours? I'm thinking its frozen but our neighbours is fine on both sides. Is there any way of getting this fixed or do we just have to wait it out? Any tips?

MarkR

Is it all over the house? This may help.

Tips which might help to avoid frozen pipes are:

Open the attic door to allow heat into the attic
Ensure that there is a gap in your attic insulation immediately under the storage tank – attic insulation should be laid above and around the storage tank, not under it
Leave a light on in the attic close to the storage tank and pipes
Leave heating on for longer than normal
Place a piece of insulation – e.g. carpet or matting – over your external stopcock
If you have an outside tap, insulate it and any exposed pipes with material that does not hold water.
Farmers and landowners should carry out regular checks on service pipes to water troughs
If you own or manage a building which is vacant or has been unused for a period – e.g. a school over the Christmas holidays, or a holiday home – please open it up and check for frozen and leaking pipes
Advice regarding unoccupied houses or other unoccupied properties
Drain down the water supply system to avoid problems with bursts due to pipes freezing. If you are unsure how this is to be done on your internal supply system, obtain the advice of a qualified plumber in order to avoid any damage to your heating system.

Alternatively, arrange that the unoccupied property should be provided with heating if only for part of the day if the water is still connected, and ensure that this heat can get to the water storage tank in the attic by leaving the attic hatch open.

Check your unoccupied property as regularly as possible during the freezing weather, including garages and outhouses and respond quickly to any burst pipes by calling in a qualified plumber.

Locate and check your stopcock to ensure that its working. Stopcocks also need to be insulated, with a material that does not hold water. All insulation material must be maintained in a dry state.

Advice to farmers
Farmers should take particular care to check outhouses and long services into fields and troughs. Bursts often occur at the connection point into troughs in freezing weather.

When carrying out any measures to avoid pipes freezing, please ensure that these measures are carried out in a manner which is safe and does not create a hazard for yourself or for the general public.

From http://www.clarecoco.ie/water-waste-environment/news/advice-for-water-consumers-during-cold-weather-period.html

slinky2000

People in Murroe from work are frozen solid

niallers1

Could be frozen, be carefull when it thaws..you might have leaks.

I would try get some heat into the loft to try unfreeze the pipes.assuming the pipes are frozen..

MarkR

slinky2000 wrote: »

People in Murroe from work are frozen solid

What, like the eircom broadband ad?

Wetbench4

i went up in the attic and the water tank up there is empty so toilets and bathroom taps aren't working, and also the kitchen tap with the drinking water isn't working. I checked the pipes under the kitchen sink and they don't even feel cold to touch so the frozen part must be before it gets to our house, i think. Its just strange that no-one else we know of around here has problems with their water.

TheProdigy

Wetbench4 wrote: »

i went up in the attic and the water tank up there is empty so toilets and bathroom taps aren't working, and also the kitchen tap with the drinking water isn't working. I checked the pipes under the kitchen sink and they don't even feel cold to touch so the frozen part must be before it gets to our house, i think. Its just strange that no-one else we know of around here has problems with their water.

Your drinking water is on a different system from your tank so the fact it is working for your neighbours and not you is strange, probably a leak somewhere or frozen.

Can't offer you much advice on that aspect but in future leave one tap slightly turned on which will stop the water from freezing as there is a constant flow.

Builderfromhell

Turn off water at the mains. Under sink in old houses outside house in newer houses. This way when thaw sets in you can turn water back on and check for leaks.
Last year many people came home from work after pipes had thawed and found their houses flooded.

phog

Wetbench4 wrote: »

i went up in the attic and the water tank up there is empty so toilets and bathroom taps aren't working, and also the kitchen tap with the drinking water isn't working. I checked the pipes under the kitchen sink and they don't even feel cold to touch so the frozen part must be before it gets to our house, i think. Its just strange that no-one else we know of around here has problems with their water.

Do you know where the external stopcock is? Last year two of my neighbours had frozen pipes while the rest of us were ok, it's probably down to the depth the pipes are.

Do as builderfromhell recomends and turn off the water if you can, then at least if you have internal leaks you will limit the damage.

badboyblast

Hey Wetbench, I`m in Castleconnel and our water is gone since yesterday because the builders never put the pipes down far enough outside our house.
It happened us last year as well, the builders are with Nama so nothing we can do.

The problem is probably outside.

We had a tap running but I went to work and turned it off!!! silly me, should thaw today as its plus 3 or 4 out.

A good blast or rain will clear it too.