Ludo wrote: » Surely it is nothing to do with the freezing point of stagnant v flowing water, but that slightly warmer water is coming into the system and therefore preventing freezing. I don't usually advocate leaving the water flowing but as for low pressure preventing you having a shower...boo hoo. Wash other ways. At least you have water to wash with, flush the toilets etc etc. After being without water for christmas eve, christmas day and stephens say a couple of years ago I will be letting the water trickle in the main tap in the house if it goes below about -7/-8 again. Trying to cook christmas dinner that day was not fun...lack of a shower was the least of the problems in fairness. Tough choice...dig up the drive way and lay pipes deeper or let the tap trickle away...I know which I will do.
yenom wrote: » Put anti Freeze in the pipes?
Outkast_IRE wrote: » Yum anti freeze in my tea, tasty
joydivision wrote: » This thread is a strong case against the republic of cork happening . Anti freeze in the constantly running water pipes sure yer in rebel county now boys . I think its best we leave it to the boys in the pale to come up with the ideas from now on .
yenom wrote: » No, seriously it will work, I've done it last year, it's was fine, it didn't even stain the clothes in the washing machine. We didn't risk having a shower though, went to our cousins but it was worth it because the pipes didn't break.
Max_Charger wrote: » I honestly thought you were taking the piss, why did you anti freeze when alcohol would of done the same thing, with a lot less chance of dying.
Ludo wrote: » You needing a full pressure shower while others have nothing is not sharing. You are taking the same attitude as myself from the other side.
Ludo wrote: » You needing a full pressure shower while others have nothing is not sharing. You are taking the same attitude as myself from the other side. Ideally I none of us would suffer but im not gonna leave my family without water when leaving it trickle may prevent it. Maybe they will sort the infrastructure when they start charging. Ha ha.
el Bastardo wrote: » I wasn't without water at all, but I got no showers during the cold snap because of the low mains pressure. Power showers need a minimum pressure to work. t's all or nothing with a power shower, so not a question of not sharing.
Spindle wrote: » As Bastardo said without pressure it was the case of no shower at all. If you really want to be sure your family has water anyway, why don't you just bury the pipes. Makes a lot more sense, believe me you don't want to be without water for 2 weeks. At least the ball is in your court, trying to deal with the council with regards water issues, is like talking to a brick wall.
corkgsxr wrote: » remember when they turned off the mains to stop people running water and the main lines froze. cost them alot more in the end. personally i couldnt care what water i use. im not wasteful with it but untill they make a reasonable attempt to fix the mains. dont take to me about waste. if they really cared they could put in block metering. much faster to do. another month and they would be done already. very easy to detect big leaks. if a area spikes, theres a leak. if one area seems to use a abnormal amount of water. hey maybe theres a leak. but no they couldnt bill ye for that so go for the more expensive option that tells them nothing about the mains pipes
joydivision wrote: » Right think about what you said . There is huge leaks in the mains . The council turned the water off . The pipes froze . Wouldnt the huge leaks be the same as having a tap on ? I think somebody is doing a bit of makey uppy here.
Ludo wrote: » As I said ...tough choice : Let tap connected to mains on very low for the one or two nights every 4 or 5 years (one in my lifetime that I can remember) where the temps hit -10. OR Pay someone thousands to dig up the patio, driveway and public footpath as far as the stopcock, rework all the pipes to be buried deeper and then repave the whole thing properly again....with no guarantee that it would actually work. I am usually careful about wasting water. I don't leave it running while washing up,brushing teeth, washing car, etc, etc so it isn't like I am someone who thinks nothing about the value of water but this is a no brainer really no matter how wrong it is. Paying for water won't have any affect on this by the way as I would still do it for the very vary rare time it might be needed.
TiltedBrain wrote: » Leaving your tap running in your home will definitely help to prevent pipes freezing. Its not the fact the its running that prevents it from freezing, but that your taking the water from a source that has a temperature higher than freezing point.
Spindle wrote: » Fair enough, I don't think we will see the likes of that cold spell again for a long time, were the ground temps got so low and the frost penetrated to such a depth. If it does turn out that the climate has changed and we are going to get more colder Winters though, there will be a lot more pissed off people as the housing stock in Ireland is so poor.
