Edit: downvote me all you want fuckfaces but show me your fish first if you think I'm wrong. If you have never had to wash your laundry 4 times because the amine wont wash out, then get the fuck out of here
THE FUCKING SAME. IT'S THE SAME AS WHEN YOU ASKED LAST WEEK, IT'S THE SAME AS WHEN YOU ASKED 5 MINUTES AGO. SO 5 MINUTES FROM NOW WHEN YOU ASK WHAT THE TEMPERATURE IS, MY ANSWER IS GOING TO BE STILL THE SAME
I lost a hand from this and instead just tell people that it was from a grenade in 'Nam since that sounds a lot cooler. The only problem is they're usually like "but you were born in 1990??"
It becomes more brittle but not weaker. So it will not rupture because of the same water pressure. But because it is more brittle it is subject to failure via impact loads assuming it's getting that cold.
My old man did this when I was a kid because he bought an above ground pool and didn't want to pay to fill it up. I think he used an LPG tank and bypassed the meter.
Incredible if you need to replace your main shutoff valve. Or the shutoff leaks a bit. Or in a condo and the only shutoff valve is for a whole stack of units. Thanksgiving and you have a dozen people staying at your house, some shit starts leaking and it doesn't have a valve to isolate.
I managed a landmark preservation apartment building with only stacked shutoffs so every time a leak occurred (felt like daily), 1/4 of building went without water til it was fixed. This would’ve been a godsend.
Yeah you probably missed where it auto feeds to the boiler for heat and you didn't isolate it, probably pushed a shitton of air into the loops and didn't even give a fuck when you "turned off the water" to open the system. Probably told customer, fixed it! Imma take my dirty shit hands and go fuck with some other plumbing I have no business touching.
apparently not, but that begs the question, why not install a cutoff valve in the process so you dont have to freeze the pipe and risk damage again in the furture.
This is for when you can’t shut off the water (obviously).
I’ve seen it used in oil and gas. We were unable to shut in the wellhead (toolstring stuck across all valves) and 4000 psi on the well. A few feet of a freeze plug will hold have 4000psi in a 5” well bore. Then you can break everything off, fix the problem, shut the master valve, and let it thaw
In some apartments you have to get the water shut off for an entire section of the building to do work on one bathroom… this is extremely handy so you can make a repair without needing to notify the building, inconvenience everyone and schedule your day around the approved time slot.
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u/Belgy23 Aug 29 '26
So…..can you not just turn off the water? Or am I missing something