Fuckity Fuckity fuck fuck

[jamesq]

The pipes to the laundry have frozen. Hopefully it will warm up enough this weekend that I don't need to have the walls ripped out. I also hope nothing bursts. Time will tell.

anyone know how to fix this without tearing out drywall?

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The old man used to put a small kerosene heater near the main water pipes when it got seriously cold up north.. He'd leave it about a foot or so from the wall (painted drywall) and let it be for a few hours.. only when it hit -53C did we have any problems with pipes starting to freeze up.. You don't need to have the heat cranked, just enough to warm up the wall and let heat transfer into the frozen pipes.. We always used low-medium heat.. when it got seriously ass biting cold, we cranked it up to 2/3rds.. but that's it...