hey you Carolina boys.....

[Blue_Runner]

We got about what BC said - 1 - 1.5 inches.

Saturday morning it was 8 degrees at my house. I stepped out for a bit after unloading some firewood. When I got home 3 hours later a pipe had busted and about 15 - 20 gallons of H2O was spread nice and evenly across my floor!! Luckily it was all downstairs which is block foundation w/ a concrete slab so no damages whatsoever....just a lengthy cleanup process. The pipe that busted was pex and I was able to take a few, ok SEVERAL pieces of wood siding off the side of the house to find it (turned it on for a second and listened). Then I had to borrow a pex crimping tool from my father-in law at 10:30 pm Monday night. Had it all fixed and siding back on before 1 am!! FUN FUN FUN!!

P.S. this morning it was 14 degrees. I insulated the SH*T out of those pipes while I was in there!!

Blue

[reelapeelin]

Originally Posted by Blue_Runner

We got about what BC said - 1 - 1.5 inches.

Saturday morning it was 8 degrees at my house. I stepped out for a bit after unloading some firewood. When I got home 3 hours later a pipe had busted and about 15 - 20 gallons of H2O was spread nice and evenly across my floor!! Luckily it was all downstairs which is block foundation w/ a concrete slab so no damages whatsoever....just a lengthy cleanup process. The pipe that busted was pex and I was able to take a few, ok SEVERAL pieces of wood siding off the side of the house to find it (turned it on for a second and listened). Then I had to borrow a pex crimping tool from my father-in law at 10:30 pm Monday night. Had it all fixed and siding back on before 1 am!! FUN FUN FUN!!

P.S. this morning it was 14 degrees. I insulated the SH*T out of those pipes while I was in there!!

Blue

We had just enough to close schools much to my wife and daughters delight!!..(When Mama's happy, Daddy's happy)

BR...hadda plumber tell me PEX wouldn't split open when frozen...said they tested section full of water and capped off in the freezer...guess he has lots to learn...

[Skools Out]

we got 6 inchs and last night was a cold freeze of 10* so that's 2 mornings in a row ice skating to work lol.

[Blue_Runner]

Reel I thought it was unusual considering my buddy has completely exposed pex running into his guest house and not a problem.

This was a 2.5 inch section of 1/2 inch pex connected to an elbow on one end and to a 1/2 inch copper pipe w/ fitting on the other. It didn't split - your buddy was right about that!! It popped like a chewing gum bubble!!