O/T frozen pipes

curtist · Jan 16, 2009

thanks for all the good advice. well the pipe comes into the house under kitchen cabinet so dont think its frozen there.has anyone ever seen pipe freeze coming out of well casing.or maybe well pump went bad on the coldest day ive ever seen.

rhouston · Jan 16, 2009

"well the pipe comes into the house under kitchen cabinet"

UHHH that's the first place I would suspect

curtist · Jan 16, 2009

with out cutting hole in the bottom of cabinet floor no way to see it.we called man that owned the house and put cabinets in and he said it was there and ran over to pressure pump about 6 feet away 5 under the cabinets

sam in mo · Jan 16, 2009

My switch froze down in the well pipe. I put a light bulb on it and thawed the frost off of it and it works. my well caseing sticks up about a foot above ground. just a thought. might not pertain to your problem.

Anonymous-0 · Jan 16, 2009

> has anyone ever seen pipe freeze coming out of well casing.or maybe well pump went bad on the coldest day ive ever seen.

It depends on what type of head you have on your well. Most every thing you see nowadays is a pitless. This means that the water never comes up to the top 4ft of the well casing.

However if you have an old style "Morrison head" (sp?), then the water comes all the way up to the top of the casing when the well is running. Those can freeze, but I've only heard about it.

I have one of these morrison stype well heads and has been working in -35F. I can't say the same for my pressure switch though. It's been two days in a row now of taking a 2 minute shower, then running out with a hairdryer.

curtist · Jan 16, 2009

so the switch youre talking about is in the casing

sam in mo · Jan 16, 2009

My switch is down in the caseing. the frost built up on it in the caseing and I couldnt get any water. Took top off of caseing and used a light bulb with a tub over it to thaw it out. now everything works as should. Had to do this twice before i put a short heat tape around the caseing ,now no problems. Sam

Anonymous-0 · Jan 16, 2009

This may not be your case, but I tell everyone that lives in a older house, and the kitchen sink is under a window on a outside wall. Leave your cubbord door open so the heat from the room can warm the pipes a few degrees.

New houses are usualy insulated better and not a problem as with the older homes and trailer houses. When it gets to those off the chart numbers, ya need every bit of help you can get.

Tim in OR · Jan 16, 2009

Slightly off topic, but, I use a string of the old large bulb christmas lights to keep my pump house from freezing. 25 - 3w bulbs do a great job, and if a couple burn out, you still have heat. It will warm the pumphouse to about 60 degree's when about 30 outside.

O/T frozen pipes

curtist

New User

rhouston

Well-known Member

curtist

New User

sam in mo

Member

Anonymous-0

Well-known Member

curtist

New User

sam in mo

Member

Anonymous-0

Well-known Member

Tim in OR

Member

Similar threads