Woke up this morning, ready for the usual work morning routine only to find that fate had other ideas. There was I poised to brush my teeth, and as I turned the cold tap on… no running water. So then I tried the hot tap… nothing either, no free flowing water at all. It took a second or two to realise that we wouldn’t have hot water since we no longer have any tanks because of the combi boiler installation. That’s when I realised there was only one possible explanation.
Exposed pipe
It had been a few days since the builder was here last, as they had poured the concrete for the foundation and were leaving it to set properly. This was taking quite a few days since after pouring the concrete, there had been much rain followed by snow and days and nights still around freezing. Obviously, our main water pipe was still exposed as a result, and even though it had some lagging applied, the temperature last night was so low that the pipe had obviously frozen solid. Not to worry I thought, I would just get my blowlamp from the garage and gently warm the pipes to get the water flowing again, since there’s not much else you can do at that time in the morning.
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