How Are You Handling This Weather?

[furnishedowner]

3 inches of snow, record low temperatures here in SE New Mexico.

I had a grueling commute to my office from the house this morning, navigating almost 30 feet of treacherous sidewalk.  Handfuls of thrown birdseed did help my slippers grip better.

HOt water is frozen in two houses, so our swat plumber got dispatched.  Why is it always the HOT water that freezes?

The schools are closed, and office staff did not come in.  The wind is howling and the whole town is hunkered down and not moving.

How is it in your area today?

Furnishedowner

[Hoosier4life2005]

Here in North Central Indiana..

Roads are pretty bad, highways are fine.  All the stores and schools are closed.  We got about 5-6 inches of snow with like... 1/4 inch of frozen rain on top of that.  Pretty bad. 

I guess like 50 miles north of my aread (Chicago area) got hit with like ... 16-20 inches of snow.  Looks like I barely missed that 

[kdhastedt]

Dodged the bullet in the DC area...we were on the warm side oof the front.  We got rain only and now it's about 50 degrees.  But the cold side of the front got hammered.

Keith

[rookieNYC]

NYC...not bad...alot of rain...some icey roads and steps,sidewalks this morning but not as bad as predicted..hardly any snow....we dodged the bullet...and the groundhog said spring is on its way...time to prepay the beachclub membership...

[REIER]

Here in the North East, we've received record snow falls, lots of snow on the side of the roads and roofs, but the roads are good. Pretty soon all this snow will be gone and we'll be dealing with flooding issues...

On the positive side of things, I've sold 2 snow blowers and made some nice cash..these things are like shovels to gold diggers right now..

[furnishedowner]

Our houses here are not built for such cold weather.

Three today with frozen pipes.  One nurse is heating water on the stove for a sponge bath.  I am going to deliver water to flush the toilet.  She doesn't want to go to a hotel.

If a tenant has to go to a hotel, they pay for that, but we don't charge for the days the house is uninhabitable.  We have another full day of below-freezing temperature.

Furnishedowner

[Bluemoon06]

It was 25 degrees in Houston last night.  We are not set up for that either.  My houses have tenants in them and if they keep warm the pipes are usually ok.  It is going to be cold for the next few nights also.

[REIER]

Our houses here are not built for such cold weather.

Three today with frozen pipes

Have your contractor wrap those pipes up with water pipe insulation. If stores don't sell it down there, look on homedepot.com or lowes.com and you should be able to get it.

[Mdhaas]

A "little" blustery here in mid-ohio

[allagash]

This one was lame….but I’ll take it.  I love snow storms.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes_Blizzard_of_1977

Not that was a storm…

-Mike

[fdjake]

WHY do I live in NEW ENGLAND?????

[allagash]

WHY do I live in NEW ENGLAND?????

you know the market...

-Mike

[furnishedowner]

REIER,
I appreciate your tips on wrapping the pipes, and we sure have started doing more of that.

But what do you do with a little cottage, built in 1943, that has water pipes, hanging under the wood floors, in the 12" crawl space? 

We have gotten diligent about covering the under-house vents with wood covers, now I'm thinking we should talk insulating foam to the inside of those vent covers.

Our plumber just thawed the water pipe to the kitchen sink, so now the tenant doesn't have to melt snow in order to flush the toilet.

Furnishedowner 

[REIER]

But what do you do with a little cottage, built in 1943, that has water pipes, hanging under the wood floors, in the 12" crawl space? 

We have gotten diligent about covering the under-house vents with wood covers, now I'm thinking we should talk insulating foam to the inside of those vent covers.

Our plumber just thawed the water pipe to the kitchen sink, so now the tenant doesn't have to melt snow in order to flush the

Have him install an electric heat cable on those pipes. That should do the trick.

[REIER]

WHY do I live in NEW ENGLAND?????

Because you can go on vacation during the winter months and pick up properties with burst pipes the rest of the year.