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Bathroom sink stayed liquid overnight with just dripping, but the kitchen sink is on an exterior wall and froze solid last night. I got under there with a heat gun and got the water flowing again, fortunately the whole system didn't freeze so nothing burst. I also installed a heating cable with a thermostat on the pipe, got it wrapped up snug under some foam insulation, hopefully that'll keep it liquid as long as I keep some water running through it. gonna monitor tonight and see how it goes.

Sorry for no pics, it is very cold and I went as fast as possible.

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[-] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 week ago

Frost line.

Water pipes are burried far enough down that the ground around them is always above 0°c/32°f.

[-] Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 5 points 1 week ago

Fun fact: large grazing animals lower the frost line in the northern Asian steppes.

[-] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

Lower as in deeper or lower as in less depth?

[-] Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 3 points 1 week ago

Deeper. They help maintain the permafrost and prevent global warming

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