Comments on: 12/27/10 – Cave Flood: The Burst http://www.littledee.net/?p=896 Mon, 06 Jun 2016 05:11:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Golux http://www.littledee.net/?p=896&cpage=1#comment-7384 Golux Fri, 26 Jul 2013 14:57:13 +0000 http://www.littledee.net/?p=896#comment-7384 One slightly worse scenario, Southern California builder comes to Oregon, custom builds a house and runs all the plumbing in the unheated attic. Gets by leaving the attic entry open during the coldest days to keep the plumbing ice free. Sells house to an acquaintance during a relatively warm period and fails to mention this feature. Acquaintance goes on Hawaiian vacation during the first real cold snap in a decade and comes home to an overhead sprinkler system that's brought down the ceilings in several of the rooms and destroyed their contents. One slightly worse scenario, Southern California builder comes to Oregon, custom builds a house and runs all the plumbing in the unheated attic. Gets by leaving the attic entry open during the coldest days to keep the plumbing ice free. Sells house to an acquaintance during a relatively warm period and fails to mention this feature. Acquaintance goes on Hawaiian vacation during the first real cold snap in a decade and comes home to an overhead sprinkler system that’s brought down the ceilings in several of the rooms and destroyed their contents.

]]> By: War Pig http://www.littledee.net/?p=896&cpage=1#comment-561 War Pig Mon, 27 Dec 2010 09:07:30 +0000 http://www.littledee.net/?p=896#comment-561 Been there, Christopher. I've had to thaw out pipes many a time in many places, only one bursting, though, when the temps got down to minus 30 and we didn't know one of the foundation vents had been damaged by someone or something (not me). Let me tell you, crawling under a house, laying in the water and mud that is rapidly freezing with you in it, and trying to cut the bad spot out and then sweat the new piece and fittings in with a propane torch is not fun. 40 mph winds didn't help as they sucked what little warmth accumulated form the torch out of the foundation. I actually turned blue. No frostbite but I got a moderate case of hypothermia. I had to sit in a tub of warm (not hot) water up to my chin for three hours to bring my core temp back up. Never been so cold before or since. But we were 'way out in the country and dad couldn't fit under the crawlspace area where the pipe burst. Either fix it or shut down the water pump in the pit in the well house until the next thaw. I was 16, in great shape and knew how to fix pipes so I was elected. Good thing, really, as it may have killed or crippled dad laying in that muck for almost two hours. After that we always inspected the vents and put straw bales in front of them just to be sure. Been there, Christopher. I’ve had to thaw out pipes many a time in many places, only one bursting, though, when the temps got down to minus 30 and we didn’t know one of the foundation vents had been damaged by someone or something (not me). Let me tell you, crawling under a house, laying in the water and mud that is rapidly freezing with you in it, and trying to cut the bad spot out and then sweat the new piece and fittings in with a propane torch is not fun. 40 mph winds didn’t help as they sucked what little warmth accumulated form the torch out of the foundation. I actually turned blue. No frostbite but I got a moderate case of hypothermia. I had to sit in a tub of warm (not hot) water up to my chin for three hours to bring my core temp back up. Never been so cold before or since. But we were ‘way out in the country and dad couldn’t fit under the crawlspace area where the pipe burst. Either fix it or shut down the water pump in the pit in the well house until the next thaw. I was 16, in great shape and knew how to fix pipes so I was elected. Good thing, really, as it may have killed or crippled dad laying in that muck for almost two hours. After that we always inspected the vents and put straw bales in front of them just to be sure.

]]> By: Frank http://www.littledee.net/?p=896&cpage=1#comment-560 Frank Mon, 27 Dec 2010 08:02:24 +0000 http://www.littledee.net/?p=896#comment-560 What you <i>should</i> do and what the best thing you can do aren't always the same thing. Also, I hadn't realized how shaggy Blake looks in his winter coat What you should do and what the best thing you can do aren’t always the same thing.

Also, I hadn’t realized how shaggy Blake looks in his winter coat

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