Woke up this morning to frozen water pipes. It was -4 degrees outside. My toilet wouldn’t flush and my faucets wouldn’t work. I had plans to do some major laundry and cleaning today to catch up from a busy week of school, work, and my husband in the hospital. I had to rethink the wash up routine and breakfast for the family. Then I needed to focus on a solution to the problem. I prayed for zero to little damage and got to work.
Dad’s advice: Put a space heater near the frozen pipe to thaw it.
Neighbor’s advice: Turn on the faucet to leave it trickling so it won’t freeze. (Too late! Good advice for the future.)
Online advice (non-expert): Find frozen pipe and wrap it with towels soaked in hot water until it thaws.
Water company’s advice: Hold a hair dryer to the pipes that bring the water in from outside.
They all seemed like good advice to someone who knew nothing about plumbing or frozen pipes. We went with the space heater advice from dad. It worked within a couple of minutes.
My advice (and in my opinion the most important advice): Before you do anything, make sure you know how to shut off your water in case your pipes are damaged.
Never thought my Money Merge Account might be used for something like this.