Snow days in the South

[cjefferys]

The water supply for them is the same as the entire house. If we shut it off we'd have no water at all. Hence, the faucet covers to keep the wind and cold out so they don't freeze and burst.

Ah, that makes sense then. We have separate shut off valves for our two outdoor faucets. Stay safe folks! We have the freezing cold right now, but no snowfall (for awhile at least)

[jwyblejr]

I'm getting tired of the yo-yo weather. Last week we had the cold snap,the other day it was 50. Today it's 16 and by Saturday it's suppose to be 60.

[TomStrong]

The water supply for them is the same as the entire house. If we shut it off we'd have no water at all. Hence, the faucet covers to keep the wind and cold out so they don't freeze and burst.

The ice rain is actually now turning to real snow here and the ground and roof tops are starting to turn white. Most of the major roads, interstates and bridges are closed now.

I've lived in north alabama, southern middle Tennessee all my life and never heard of just draining outside faucets. They must not install them in the south. There's no separate cutoff for ours so you have to insulate them. I can remember my dad hitting the panic button and covering ours when it would get really cold. Ahh memories. No snow to speak of hear but it's incredibly cold, they called school off for the day.

[skid14]

im in the eastern part of SC and it has not got here yet........but my ski patrol action jackson is ready for action!

[Brazoo]

I always find it funny how my state reacts when it does actually snow. They really do freak out.

Haha - I'd like to pretend we're superior in dealing with a snowfall - because, you know I'm in CANADA where it snows every single year - but honestly, there always seems to be a ridiculous amount of media hype, flipping out and unpreparedness for the first big snowfall here too.

So, welcome to the club - enjoy the show - and stay safe!

[Brazoo]

That valve thing seems so weird to me. Funny how little differences like that can seem so odd.

[Earth 2 Chris]

I never knew about the faucet covers. We just let our interior faucets drip a bit when it gets really cold.

We're not Canada, but 3 inches of snow will bring everything to a crawl, and anything over six will close the interstates down. And we get a decent amount of snowfall per year, usually.

Chris

[Rallygirl]

The water supply for them is the same as the entire house. If we shut it off we'd have no water at all. Hence, the faucet covers to keep the wind and cold out so they don't freeze and burst.

Next question - so what happens if you need a repair or a pipe breaks? You either flood or turn off all the water in the entire house? Every water line in our house has it's own shut-off valve somewhere on the run; it is required by safety codes here. In fact, most runs have multiple shut offs, at least one near the beginning and one near the end. I know, forever curious.

[cjefferys]

Funny how a topic about snow turns into a discussion about plumbing. I think most of our water lines have separate shut off valves as well. Comes in handy in many cases. Our little town has a pretty good infrastructure for snow plowing and removal. It would take A LOT of snow to shut us down.

[scifiguy94]

Haha - I'd like to pretend we're superior in dealing with a snowfall - because, you know I'm in CANADA where it snows every single year - but honestly, there always seems to be a ridiculous amount of media hype, flipping out and unpreparedness for the first big snowfall here too.

So, welcome to the club - enjoy the show - and stay safe!

Really surprised by that up there. I guess people really are people no matter where you go.

[Red Hulk]

My house is a bit old I only have 3 places to shut off water the most recent is for the shower we put in back in the 1990s.

[ScottA]

Don't get me wrong. The sinks and toilets have their own shut-off valves. So I can turn off water to certain things if I need to. It's just our outside faucets typically do not.

However, in my new house, I actually do have shut-off valves for my outside faucets should I want to use them. But I have plastic tubing for pipes (not metal) that will expand and contract as it gets cold and hot. So hopefully they never break. I did use faucet covers at my old house.

It's snowing pretty good right now. It's really pretty.

[jwyblejr]

We only got a dusting up my way.