Your 2025 Garden

[R2elk]

ENC's forecast is for extreme cold, for us, 15°F. I removed the remaining hose, did the best I could to insulate the faucet.
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Maybe I'll wrap it with an old towel or t-shirt to cover the gap. The foam covers fit great on the other two outside faucets.

I'm afraid I'll be losing most of my remaining crops, blast it! It doesn't get this cold very often, and not usually until January.

Here we use frost free hydrants. There is no need to cover them because they are built so that once the valve is closed, the water drains out of the outside part. The seat of the valve is inside the house.

 

[fuzzi]

Here we use frost free hydrants. There is no need to cover them because they are built so that once the valve is closed, the water drains out of the outside part. The seat of the valve is inside the house.

Nothing is insulated here, as it rarely gets below 20°, and only for a day or two when it does.

 

[R2elk]

Nothing is insulated here, as it rarely gets below 20°, and only for a day or two when it does.

20⁰F is below freezing.

 

[fuzzi]

20⁰F is below freezing.

Yep. It's brief, and infrequent, so most pipes are not insulated. We let our faucets drip, and leave the vanity/cupboard doors open to allow the warmth of the room to moderate the cold air under the sink.

 

[R2elk]

Yep. It's brief, and infrequent, so most pipes are not insulated. We let our faucets drip, and leave the vanity/cupboard doors open to allow the warmth of the room to moderate the cold air under the sink.

Pipes inside the house here are not insulated either. Pipes outside the house are buried below the frost line (6').

 

[NanaK]

ENC's forecast is for extreme cold, for us, 15°F. I removed the remaining hose, did the best I could to insulate the faucet.
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Maybe I'll wrap it with an old towel or t-shirt to cover the gap. The foam covers fit great on the other two outside faucets.

I'm afraid I'll be losing most of my remaining crops, blast it! It doesn't get this cold very often, and not usually until January.

We did some of those same things yesterday.
It is a bit early for so cold.

 

[NanaK]

All our outside lines are insulated with foam then covered with fiberglass. They are then wrapped with plastic. One spigot near the well that sits out alone also has a bucket over it. Everything at the well is wrapped the same. There is a thermostatically controlled heat light that helps protect the pump which is above ground.
I check it every year to make sure it is still intact.

Pipes inside the house here are not insulated either. Pipes outside the house are buried below the frost line (6').

6 feet? Wow. Here is it recommended to bury more than 8". Ours are close to 2".

Thankfully temps will be better in a few days.

 

[Sally PB]

A question for any home builders... Why are so many water lines in houses run in exterior walls in areas that have cold winters?

Why not design water-using rooms (kitchens, bathrooms, laundry rooms) with the water lines on interior walls, and place the water using items (sinks, toilets, showers, washing machines) based on the location of the water?

 

[fuzzi]

A question for any home builders... Why are so many water lines in houses run in exterior walls in areas that have cold winters?

Why not design water-using rooms (kitchens, bathrooms, laundry rooms) with the water lines on interior walls, and place the water using items (sinks, toilets, showers, washing machines) based on the location of the water?

It would make sense...

 

[tripletfeb]

A question for any home builders... Why are so many water lines in houses run in exterior walls in areas that have cold winters?

Why not design water-using rooms (kitchens, bathrooms, laundry rooms) with the water lines on interior walls, and place the water using items (sinks, toilets, showers, washing machines) based on the location of the water?

Because no one wants a bathroom in the middle of the house. Can you imagine running water lines and electricity through the middle of the house? Not to mention the plumbing. I don't know about you but I don't want to hear someone flush the toilet then that water running through the pipes as I'm sitting in my livingroom