On Jan 21, 6:38*am, RedDwarf wrote:
On Jan 20, 11:03*pm, "cshenk" wrote:





"RedDwarf" wrote in message
I live in Southern Virginia, and it's been freezing lately. We haven't
had any problem with our pipes yet - but a neighbor did. Their
interior pipes burst, but no one was living in the home at the time
(it's for sale) and the heat was off. so that may have factored into
it.

Maybe, but we tend to code spec in Norfolk area to southern climes.

I'm wondering if I have to worry about my pipes freezing below the
slab/under the house. There is also one copper pipe that sticks out

Unlikely here.

i'm sure i'm going to get a ton of opinions on this... my girlfriend
thinks letting the water trickle from a faucet in the house is a
waste. she just assumes turning off the water to the house at the
street.

Huh? *Dont follow, turning off the water at the street means you are toilet
free until you turn it back on.

Yes, trickle the water here. *Just a small tricke needed.

Any thoughts on this would be great. Thanks everyone.

I live in VB. *Chec your house as you may have uninsulated copper pipes in
overhead areas with no insulation at all. *Those are your danger points.
Apt area, garage here.

Thanks for the information. To clarify, the plan was to turn the h20 @
the street - then open a faucet to let whatever water in there expand
if it froze. We would just do that @ night of course...
I appreciate the help - I have a few ideas to work with now.- Hide quoted text -

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Is this your first house. So one unheated house freezes, but you are
heated. I think you are panicking its only just below freezing you
say. House plumbing is better designed than that. Even an outside
spigot where I am wont freeze in a heated basement until near or below
zero. Talk to your neighbors to see what they do. Last week the high
here was -5 the low -20f. My spigots are shut off inside and left open
and drained outside.