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[Poco Pollo]

Hi Kathy - I put some old shoes into my pens this morning to entertain my chickens. They go crazy for shoe laces. I plan to toss the shoes when they completely yuckified. They were on their way to the trash before this storm hit.

 

[silkiechick236]

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Not sure if it will help but our hot water froze up on the west side of our house and we covered all our vents and cranked the heat up so it went back under the house. Not sure how long it took but it did the trick.

 

[Ok_Junebug]

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Hi Kathyinmo,

Welcome...I love your "nothing in moderation"...I always say that if its worth doing, its worth OVERDOING!"

 

[vebi]

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Great confirmation, still think you should iron there feathers though......LOL

 

[Ok_Junebug]

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Great confirmation, still think you should iron there feathers though......LOL

Hi Vebi,

Been cold enough for you? I'll use spray starch and iron some of the wrinkles out for you.

 

[QueenPeaches]

Okay, JUst checked under the house. Nothing seems to be frosty as far as I can see. I have 2 crawl spaces that go directly under the house. One on the north end and one on the south end. Opened up the crawl spaces and cranked up the heat to 74 Degrees in the house.

I am thinking it is outside of the house. I dont even know where the lines run underground from the well to the house. But its about 100 yards from the house to the well house.

 

[Buster52]

This from Thursday's Lawton Constitution...

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Many awake to frozen pipes, no water
Lawton Constitution, The (OK) - Thursday, February 3, 2011
Winter precipitation may have cleared out, but Lawtonians are still in danger from winter's wrath.

"When you wake up in the morning, turn on the faucet and nothing comes out, you know there's something wrong," said Lawton resident Linda Misel. "We think our pipes are frozen out in the garage at the hot water heater because we have cold water."

Temperatures were forecast to be as low as -5 degrees, with wind chills much colder, Thursday morning. Pets and plants are usually the first two things people protect when bitter cold weather sets in. But local plumbers say people need to pay just as much attention to their pipes. Shannon Pippin of Pippin Brothers Plumbing said a few easy steps can save hundreds of dollars and plenty of time and grief.

"If you want to keep your pipes from freezing, keep faucets at a constant drip," she said. "Crawl spaces are often unprotected from the weather. Winds can really cause problems with pipe. So go around the house and make sure all the crawl spaces are sealed up and the pipes are protected from the wind."

Frozen pipes are a common problem in the wake of Tuesday's storm. Pippin said her business' schedule is completely filled over the next couple of days with appointments to repair frozen pipes. Calls began coming in as early as Tuesday morning from people who didn't let their faucets drip. Others live in homes with plastic pipes, which are at the mercy of the weather.

"The really cold temperatures and wind played a huge part in the increase in business," Pippin said. "Some pipes are already starting to bust. The longer they're frozen, the more likely they're going to burst when they thaw. And if you have plastic pipes, there's not a whole lot you can to do get them thawed."

Andy Devine, owner of Andy's Plumbing,

suggests using a hair dryer on non-plastic pipes if they're frozen. He said the simple and easy remedy could negate the need to call a plumber.

"We've got nine trucks running," he said. "As soon as we can get them all running, everyone will be taken care of. We're doing everything we can out there."

Pippin Brothers is running 24-hour service and still has a completely booked schedule. Pippin said her plumbers are working around the clock to get all of the non-emergencies taken care of as soon as possible. She hopes everyone can be taken care of before the weather starts to warm up because that could make things even worse.

"Some times you don't know that you have a busted pipe until it starts to thaw and you have water spraying everywhere," Pippin said. "Then you're looking at trying to pay for the damages that causes as well. In the mean time, if you use a hair dryer, or possibly hang a drop light on the pipe, it might help thaw it before the pipes burst."

 

[Greybear23]

Hey Peaches, do you live in a mobile home? If so you should be able to see the pipes coming up out of the ground, Most mobile homes pipes come into the house near the hot water tank area, there may be a heat tape on the pipe that is not working, if so check the light on the tape to see if it is on, if it is not check your breaker box in the house and see if any breakers are tripped, push on each breaker and make sure they are getting good contact. be careful, If you live in a house, look around the side or corner that is nearest to your well house, get a line of sight to the well house and start looking on that side or the foundation on the inside under the house with a flash light. look for pipes coming out of the ground near the foundation, they may be wrapped in insulation or something, Do you have a faucet in your line inside the well house, if so are you getting water at that point? Let us know what you find!!! Lynn

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[Okla-doodle-doo]

Donnie what is the Jubillie? Do you have pics yet? How is that new gator doing? I can't believe you and Joe are so lucky to both get new ones! I'm still waiting to get my first!lol
I guess the niece is going to wait and take her ducks to the sale herself. I priced them but she wasn't 't interested so she will just have to take what she gets I guess! Can't help some people!

 

[vebi]

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Great confirmation, still think you should iron there feathers though......LOL

Hi Vebi,

Been cold enough for you? I'll use spray starch and iron some of the wrinkles out for you.

Plenty cold !! Just had about 1 inch of snow so that helped. Set my first Serama eggs 10 days ago. Set 11, after candling 8 show promise....