Frozen Water Line, Will this do any good?

[aczlan]

Now my only question is whether I should remove some of tones of snow I dumped on the line? I have already made an opening last weekend so I could walk and get a vehicle to my garage/shop. We have milder temperatures now, and I believe there won't be any further prolonged deep freezes/polar vortex type weather this winter. I don't think removing the snow will do anything much one way or another, but just makes moving around here easier.

The snow is acting like an insulating blanket. If its above freezing, its keeping the cold in the ground, if its below freezing, its keeping it warm(ish).

Aaron Z

 

[SPYDERLK]

I imagine that one would need a lot of energy to melt the frost. I wish I knew what was happening down below. Last Friday, three weeks into this thing, I almost lost the water again. Early in the morning my little trickle of water had almost stopped. Turning on the tap full netted no quick results, but in five or ten minutes the full water flow returned, thankfully.

Now my only question is whether I should remove some of tones of snow I dumped on the line? I have already made an opening last weekend so I could walk and get a vehicle to my garage/shop. We have milder temperatures now, and I believe there won't be any further prolonged deep freezes/polar vortex type weather this winter. I don't think removing the snow will do anything much one way or another, but just makes moving around here easier.

If your average day/night temperature is below freezing you wont gain from removing the snow ... unless you re-cover it with hay or another insulator at nite and remove to let the sun hit it by day.

 

[Billrog]

Remove the snow.

 

[vtsnowedin]

If you have a toilet with a shut off valve in it's feed line take the float ball off it's arm in the tank and throttle down the feed line so it takes about ten minutes to fill the tank after a flush. It will run through the toilet and keep everything unfrozen without the sound of running water.

 

[PILOON]

If you have a toilet with a shut off valve in it's feed line take the float ball off it's arm in the tank and throttle down the feed line so it takes about ten minutes to fill the tank after a flush. It will run through the toilet and keep everything unfrozen without the sound of running water.

Great, that keeps the incoming from freezing
BUT
With clear water going to the septic system the septic will freeze!

Most often septic lines are much shallower and the effluent will not freeze while pure H2O will for sure.

 

[vtsnowedin]

Great, that keeps the incoming from freezing
BUT
With clear water going to the septic system the septic will freeze!

Most often septic lines are much shallower and the effluent will not freeze while pure H2O will for sure.

No it is still running into the septic and the motion keeps it from freezing. If your letting a faucet run in a sink where do you think that ends up?

 

[vtsnowedin]

Great, that keeps the incoming from freezing
BUT
With clear water going to the septic system the septic will freeze!

Most often septic lines are much shallower and the effluent will not freeze while pure H2O will for sure.

No it is still running into the septic and the motion keeps it from freezing. If your letting a faucet run in a sink where do you think that ends up?

 

[Billrog]

Use an outside hose bib if you have to leave the water running , don't flood your septic field.

 

[vtsnowedin]

Use an outside hose bib if you have to leave the water running , don't flood your septic field.

That would be better if you have one.

 

[gary49]

I believe deep frost can keep moving down, even after the weather turns warmer. I think you will need to keep a fairly strong trickle going for a while yet. Probably can remove the snow now now.