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limoric Offline
#1 Posted: Tue, Jan 27 2004, 6:22 PM EST
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Try to find the answer/solution on the net is like trying to find real cubans on ebay.

Got no cold water coming out of tub faucet. Cold and hot are seperate. Pressure is good on all other faucets in the house. Oh and the tub is upstairs.

Figured I'd try my luck with the BOTL
DrMaddVibe Offline
#2 Posted: Tue, Jan 27 2004, 6:31 PM EST
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Keith is our "resident plumber". He even has the crack thing workin' too.
dz130 Offline
#3 Posted: Tue, Jan 27 2004, 6:48 PM EST
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Sounds like you don't have enough head pressure to push the cold water upstairs to the bath tub. How old are the pipes? Could they be full of debris? Proper diameter? Just my .02 in guesses.

Doug
limoric Offline
#4 Posted: Tue, Jan 27 2004, 6:57 PM EST
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28 years old, ya I was thinking something could be blocking. Would the blockage be near the Faucet valve. I don't think there's any other vlaves other than at the faucets.
65gtoman Offline
#5 Posted: Tue, Jan 27 2004, 7:07 PM EST
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Your pipe is frozen, if you live in the cold, it mostly happens to pipes that are running against an outside wall. I bet you live on the east coast lol

65gtoman Offline
#6 Posted: Tue, Jan 27 2004, 7:08 PM EST
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do not use a blow torch to warn it up.

they sell heat tape you might want to look into that
65gtoman Offline
#7 Posted: Tue, Jan 27 2004, 7:17 PM EST
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just let it be, in a day or two, it will be ok, or you will have a leak lol, the old copper is tuff, I would not worry, maybe put a space heater in the bathroom.

A tip to keep this from happening again, is to just let it drip a little, that way it wont freeze up on you.
limoric Offline
#8 Posted: Tue, Jan 27 2004, 7:30 PM EST
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Ok I goofed, the upstairs bathroom sink faucet (cold) isn't working either.

Not east cost, Alberta where right now it's -39C, that's -60F. It's -52C with the windchill. They did an experiment on the 6:00 news today. They through boiling water from a cup in the air and it turned to ice before it hit the ground.

Anyway, I live in a condo where the pipes run in the wall between my neighbor. I don't think they could become frozen, but there is a coincendence with the whether.

Must be a pressure problem, but downstairs works perfect
65gtoman Offline
#9 Posted: Tue, Jan 27 2004, 7:39 PM EST
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now that’s cold. Its frozen somewhere along the line, it only takes one spot to lock a whole line up. if it was a pressure problem you would not have hot water or any water upstairs for that matter.


limoric Offline
#10 Posted: Tue, Jan 27 2004, 7:46 PM EST
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good point. It will be -30 till the weekend when it goes up to 28F. Guess I'll wait and see. Thanks man
SP Offline
#11 Posted: Tue, Jan 27 2004, 7:49 PM EST
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^ -60F............what the hell does that feel like..It's +58 degrees where I'm at and it's as cold as RICKAMAVEN ass reading reader's digest on the toilet seat..
SP Offline
#12 Posted: Tue, Jan 27 2004, 7:50 PM EST
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^ -60F............what the hell does that feel like..It's +58 degrees where I'm at and it's as cold as RICKAMAVEN ass reading reader's digest on the toilet seat..
SP Offline
#13 Posted: Tue, Jan 27 2004, 7:51 PM EST
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^ Double post.............f*#king fingers.....
limoric Offline
#14 Posted: Tue, Jan 27 2004, 8:04 PM EST
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After a 6 pack of beer it feels pretty good.

Imagine the moisture being sucked out of your eye's and your shoulders are touching your ears from the muscles tensing up in your body. Ok maybe it's not that bad. It's pretty damn cold. When your driving you hear the pop of your shocks over every bump. The exoust from other cars fill up the street that you have to drive 10 miles per hour to get from point a to point b. And your seat is hard as rock. How ever, it only takes about 5 minutes for you beer to chill if you leave it on the front porch.
limoric Offline
#15 Posted: Tue, Jan 27 2004, 8:07 PM EST
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oh SP, it was 48F last week and I wore a golf shirt all week in celebration.
SP Offline
#16 Posted: Tue, Jan 27 2004, 8:16 PM EST
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Isn't that the nice thing about alcohol, it does't freeze, so when you crack open that beer, all that useless stuff remains frozen, and you get the kicker..
limoric Offline
#17 Posted: Tue, Jan 27 2004, 8:25 PM EST
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Well a 40 proof bottle of liquor would take a few hours to freez at these temps, but never in normal temps for this time of year (-5F). But a can of beer would freez solid in 30 min. Of couse I get you point.

It is pretty cool though, leave you 6 pack in the snow for five minutes and it's ice cold.
limoric Offline
#18 Posted: Tue, Jan 27 2004, 8:48 PM EST
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oops, I ment +5F
usahog Offline
#19 Posted: Tue, Jan 27 2004, 9:06 PM EST
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outside wall.. and the draft is coming in from above not from below... your fire block in the wall you need to close off possibly through the attic?? outside EVE vents allow the air to filter/draft in and circulate collecting the moisture and with the cold.. drawing down on the pipes.. many think it comes from below and up... not the case and if you have eve vents the faster this will happen at temps you are saying.. like GTO said your pipes are running on an outside wall.. a No No for contractors... but cheaper when it comes to building.....


Hog
usahog Offline
#20 Posted: Tue, Jan 27 2004, 9:07 PM EST
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LOL @ SP.... Ricks Ass!!!!! LOLOL

Hog
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#21 Posted: Tue, Jan 27 2004, 9:44 PM EST
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Oh I had to LMAO about Ricks reading habits as well.Thanks SP...LOL
00camper Offline
#22 Posted: Wed, Jan 28 2004, 4:25 AM EST
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Do you have hot water at the tub faucet? Could be that everybody else's theory of a frozen pipe is correct. However, I suspect that something else is going on.
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#23 Posted: Wed, Jan 28 2004, 6:36 AM EST
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Here's what I know about plumbing....."crap doesn't go uphill, payday is on Friday, and never....I mean never stick your fingers in your mouth!"

Dave
limoric Offline
#24 Posted: Wed, Jan 28 2004, 6:45 AM EST
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Yep, hot works perfect, Infact I turned down the water heater so we could still take showers
usahog Offline
#25 Posted: Wed, Jan 28 2004, 7:00 AM EST
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east wall...

turn the cold on allowing it enough to drip... air in the lines and first chance of it thawing this will help a bit... you need to find out where it's getting the air (draft) from and that will be where its froze...

Hog
00camper Offline
#26 Posted: Wed, Jan 28 2004, 8:25 AM EST
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Limoric,
Hog is right. If the pipe is frozen then you want to crack the faucet a little so that if any water can get past the ice plug the movement will help melt the plug.

On the other hand, did you try taking stem out of the cold side of the faucet? Do this slowly because if the line isn't frozen you will wind up flooding the bathroom. Just loosen the stem enough that it would leak if there was pressure behind it. If loosening the stem does produce a leak then you have a problem with the stem itself. Sometimes the little gaskets that make washerless faucets possible get stuck in the closed position and replacement is the only option.
00camper Offline
#27 Posted: Fri, Jan 30 2004, 11:04 AM EST
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Well...
Is the problem fixed and was any of our advice helpful?
limoric Offline
#28 Posted: Sat, Jan 31 2004, 7:47 AM EST
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Wohooooo!!!!! Got the water back. Left the faucet cracked as suggested and at 3am, I jumped 3 feet out of be from the sound of gushing water. Guess I had it open a little more than a crack. Very very cold water. Thanks for the advice guys.
65gtoman Offline
#29 Posted: Sat, Jan 31 2004, 12:33 PM EST
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Glad to hear you have water again.
usahog Offline
#30 Posted: Sat, Jan 31 2004, 12:34 PM EST
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Lim, now to just leave it breeched a bit (to a drip) instead of shuting it all the way off rather the vanity faucet or the tub.. the allowing the air passage will keep it from freezing over again... but come spring time I would make a note to look for that airflow because you do not want that happening again next winter!!!!!

glad to hear she opened up for ya!!!

Hog
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