limoric
22 years ago
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
22 years ago
Keith is our "resident plumber". He even has the crack thing workin' too.
dz130
22 years ago
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
22 years ago
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
22 years ago
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
22 years ago
do not use a blow torch to warn it up.

they sell heat tape you might want to look into that
65gtoman
22 years ago
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
22 years ago
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
22 years ago
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
22 years ago
good point. It will be -30 till the weekend when it goes up to 28F. Guess I'll wait and see. Thanks man
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22 years ago
^ -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..
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22 years ago
^ -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..
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22 years ago
^ Double post.............f*#king fingers.....
limoric
22 years ago
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
22 years ago
oh SP, it was 48F last week and I wore a golf shirt all week in celebration.
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22 years ago
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
22 years ago
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
22 years ago
oops, I ment +5F
usahog
22 years ago
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.....


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usahog
22 years ago
LOL @ SP.... Ricks Ass!!!!! LOLOL

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