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Frozen line
« on: January 30, 2014, 08:25:12 PM »
I am looking for an idea on how to fall out the frozen water supply line that is underground?
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Re: Frozen line
« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2014, 08:30:25 PM »
What is the water line made of.
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Re: Frozen line
« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2014, 09:07:59 PM »
I use a radiant mat covered by heat/earth blankets, fire up the boiler and thaw away.

But for something small, I've used isopropyl , a strong acid and then flushed very well, just like when we clean a well point or screen, heat tape, the good stuff not depot special.  I have also used steam by torch and compressor. Lots of pipe thawing and repairs last 3 weeks here. How much is frozen, is it boiler pex or yard hydrant.
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Re: Frozen line
« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2014, 04:09:45 AM »
it runs water from house to the building, the building is heated but I think it froze either where it leaves the house or more than likely where it enters the building. Suppose to warm up tomorrow so hopefully I can get it thawed
It is plastic water line
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Re: Frozen line
« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2014, 05:24:38 AM »
 I had a plastic water line that froze in a rental years ago and I flushed the line with hot water from my water heater by putting a garden hose inside the 1" pipe that was froze, I put the garden hose down the pipe until I felt the block (ice) then turned on the hot water and let it run for quite a while, removed the garden hose and when I turned on the house pressure it blew the chunk of ice out of the 1" line. I probably got lucky and maybe this won't work for you but it worked for me once and it didn't cost me anything (but time) and saved a lot of headache.
 Can see where there will be lots of frozen pipes this year. Good luck.
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Re: Frozen line
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2014, 06:08:07 AM »
Ito has the best solution if yo can disconnect the water line!
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Re: Frozen line
« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2014, 02:13:54 PM »
I got it this morning!! I put the space heater on hydrant, got it good an warm then blew compressed air back threw it a couple of time ;)
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Re: Frozen line
« Reply #7 on: February 01, 2014, 10:06:51 AM »
Nice, you said it was a hydrant, as in yard hydrant. Sometimes the weep hole where it's supposed to drain gets plugged. At the farm I just pull the head and pressurize the riser and it will blow out the weep, you have to have shaft in down position to open the weep valve.
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Re: Frozen line
« Reply #8 on: February 01, 2014, 06:24:55 PM »
Yes yard hydrant. I put that in before building was heated, since it has been heated I never turn it off so the seal wouldn't go bad since the genius cemented around it. But the -24 below froze it up .
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