Bracing for -20℃ temperatures tonight. The temperature is dropping pretty rapidly now.<br><br><a href="/tags/maine/" rel="tag">#maine</a> <a href="/tags/winter/" rel="tag">#winter</a> <a href="/tags/cold/" rel="tag">#cold</a> <a href="/tags/weather/" rel="tag">#weather</a><br>
cold
It got a little chilly up here overnight.<br><br><a href="/tags/maine/" rel="tag">#maine</a> <a href="/tags/weather/" rel="tag">#weather</a> <a href="/tags/cold/" rel="tag">#cold</a><br>
Finally had a pipe freeze. We have an unfinished basement that usually stays above 40℉, plus I monitor it, so I wasn't concerned. However, it looks like there are localized areas of the basement that get colder than the spot I'm monitoring, and last night it got down to -10℉ outside. Apparently that was enough. The problem was localized to one spot right at the pressure tank, and hitting it with a space heater for 10 minutes was enough to clear it. Nothing's damaged as far as I can see. Got lucky.<br><br>I guess I'll be doing some insulating. This is the longest, coldest cold snap I've experienced here and the bright side of it is that it's alerted me to a trouble spot as well as the limits of our current systems!<br><br><a href="/tags/maine/" rel="tag">#maine</a> <a href="/tags/weather/" rel="tag">#weather</a> <a href="/tags/cold/" rel="tag">#cold</a> <a href="/tags/frozenpipes/" rel="tag">#FrozenPipes</a> <a href="/tags/plumbing/" rel="tag">#plumbing</a> <a href="/tags/insulating/" rel="tag">#insulating</a><br>
Edited 64d ago