Hey guys; still another Texan

[lewbest]

Hi guys

Just joined; saw reference to a thread here on Haytalk & I'm also on YT; I enjoy these forums. One of my interests is restoring "old junque" to working order; currently working on a coupla balers, a skidsteer & a backhoe. I'm basically a hobby farmer; try to grow a garden (real challenge with last few years' droughts), cut & bale hay for my miniature donkeys & have a few hives of bees. I'm just south of Waco.

Glad I found yall

Lew

 

[texasjohn]

Welcome.... looking forward to your future posts.... hope all your restoration projects go well.... am just down the road from you.

 

[lewbest]

Thanks John

Yeah, not far to Jarrell for sure! I really need to cut back on the "projects"; I'm 67 & have enough to probabky last till I'm 100 or older. Still keep finding new ones tho.

Today is "plumbing day"; strangely I lost some plastic pipe that was insulated with foam wrap; wrapping had come off on part of it & that part didn't break; only the insulated part shattered?

Lew

 

[texasjohn]

at the risk of poor long distance analysis.... unwrapped pipe froze, trapping water in the insulated area, expanded ice pressure transferred to the water, which had no place to go, thus pipe fractured there, not at the frozen location.

HOpe your plumbing task went OK...

 

[lewbest]

Interesting theory; could very well be it. Yeah, got it fixed; that's the nice thing about PVC; easy to work with. I looked into PEX pipe (not sposta break if if freezes) but that stuf is EXPENSIVE!!!!!

Lew

 

[Mike120]

Welcome Lew! The advantage we have in our typical plumbing practices are that the pipes are so easy to get to when they freeze. I lost a few because I didn't drain them, but a lot of people around here lost their wells when the stem on the pressure switch froze.

 

[lewbest]

OUCH!!!!!!!! I'm on a county water system but am in the process of jetting a well for garden drip irrigation. I found a neat little gadget called a thermocube (tsc was able to order it for me) that plugs into a wall, extension cord, etc. & turns on at 35F; off at 45F. since I'd run my pump some (i just dont have the well point deep enough for a steady stream yet) I figured my pump might have some water in it so covered it with 2 light bulbs connected to the thermocube (in case one bulb burnt out) with a plastic trash can & that protected it. the thermocubes are only bout 12 bux

Lew

 

[jezzicaz789]

Hi guys

Just joined; saw reference to a thread here on Haytalk & I'm also on YT; I enjoy these forums. One of my interests is restoring "old junque" to working order; currently working on a coupla balers, a skidsteer & a backhoe. I'm basically a hobby farmer; try to grow a garden (real challenge with last few years' droughts), cut & bale hay for my miniature donkeys & have a few hives of bees. I'm just south of Waco.

Glad I found yall

Lew

Hi , I am a new member of forum. Would a newcomer be warmly welcome here? Good day you guys!!!

 

[lewbest]

Hi , I am a new member of forum. Would a newcomer be warmly welcome here? Good day you guys!!!

Well I'll certainly give you a welcome!

Lew

 

[mikim]

welcome to tbn - both of ya -----we have another hard freeze coming --- I'm spending part of my day getting ready. I fixed my frozen, busted pvc once --- hopefully such that I don't have to do it again this time.