Texas deep freeze carnage thread

[immamac 42850]

Post pics of your plumbing disasters due to the hard freeze all over Texas. My contribution. Hose popped off the polaris pump so nothing horrible. 

[Armybrat 40846]

You aren’t going to wrap any of those pipes and put a tarp cover on the whole thing?

[RPM 26321]

6 minutes ago, Armybrat said:

You aren’t going to wrap any of those pipes and put a tarp cover on the whole thing?

[blacklab 11929]

[NAVY 6740]

1 minute ago, blacklab said:

Hope you're all ok BlackLab

[blacklab 11929]

I'm fine but my neck is pretty sore. 

Inhaled a pound of dust from the airbags 

[tx 3 putt 76958]

Damn !

[Anastasis 23469]

oof. that looks like it hurt. 

[deadshank 24653]

17 minutes ago, blacklab said:

Don’t deny us the story.  
 

Spill it. 

[Armybrat 40846]

Dammit!

Glad you are ok.

[South Austin 52507]

19 minutes ago, blacklab said:

That’ll buff out in no time.

 

 

 

Hope you’re doing well.

[texhorn 351]

You aren’t going to wrap any of those pipes and put a tarp cover on the whole thing?

As long as you can keep the equipment running, not needed

[Trey3216 15346]

13 minutes ago, blacklab said:

I'm fine but my neck is pretty sore. 

Inhaled a pound of dust from the airbags 

Should’ve been wearing your 2 masks

 

glad you’re ok 

[millhouse 2604]

Only contributions thus far are from our fearless leaders. Coincidence? I think not. 

[Judge Roybeanbag 11819]

Goodbye 4Runner.  Glad you’re ok.

[blacklab 11929]

got onto mopac at bee cave, went to move over one lane to left, hit a patch of ice and started spinning.

[mdleast 8291]

in the "it's the the thought that counts" department, told my mom to make sure she had all her faucets dripping last night, including in her (seldom used) laundry room.  Turns out that pipes was already cracked and when she got up this morning the carpet was soaked.  Doh.  Water cleaning service already called.

[washparkhorn 9939]

Damn. That's a hard smack. Get that neck checked out - sooner than later.  

Nice truck. Crumplezone worked (good job toyota). No way that is totalled, right?

[washparkhorn 9939]

Those expecting water should go get the wet/dry vac now before Home Depot is out of stock. And have the fans ready for the wet flooring.

What a pain in the ass. 

[Eastwood 4394]

That's not a Mercedes and that's not Tarrytown.

[Guest Lobo]

Glad you're okay man.  Tricky f'in section of MoPac since it was elevated higher than it needed to be.  

Put some hot ice on it and get drunk.  

Edited February 13, 2021 by Lobo

[luke duke 6413]

That's not a Mercedes and that's not Tarrytown.

Bravo

[Gatorubet 30238]

Any word on the bicycle guy?

[Guest Lobo]

I see by your inspection sticker, you don't play by society's rules. 

Levity aside, stay safe out there everybody.  We got a few more days of this shit.  

[blacklab 11929]

Last time I checked the Governor has suspended car inspections. That was about a year ago and I haven't checked back.

My first thought after I got out of the car was "At least I saved $20 by blowing off the inspection"

[Anastasis 23469]

1 hour ago, washparkhorn said:

Damn. That's a hard smack. Get that neck checked out - sooner than later.  

Nice truck. Crumplezone worked (good job toyota). No way that is totalled, right?

Frame on the right side looks great. 

[Scheiss Meister 8407]

Damn, hate to see that blacklab.  Hope your neck is nothing, but get it checked anyway.  Chronic neck/back pain ain't no way to go through life.

I'm pretty sure that I am prepared, both at home and at work, but I'm sure something will bite me in the water pipes.

[Steel Shank 9425]

[BayouBill 835]

1 minute ago, Steel Shank said:

T&P's 🙌

[washparkhorn 9939]

PSA: If you need to lick something, stay away from metal poles. 

[Somnio 751]

10 minutes ago, BayouBill said:

T&P's 🙌

Word.  Drinking Bud Light is rough.

[workswithseed 2107]

39 minutes ago, washparkhorn said:

PSA: If you need to lick something, stay away from metal poles. 

What if that's where the stripper was working?

[Nice Guy Eddie 13512]

7 hours ago, immamac said:

Post pics of your plumbing disasters due to the hard freeze all over Texas. My contribution. Hose popped off the polaris pump so nothing horrible. 

 

6 hours ago, Armybrat said:

You aren’t going to wrap any of those pipes and put a tarp cover on the whole thing?

In theory, if you leave all of your outdoor faucets fully open, the pipes and faucet won’t freeze. It will be an ice rink outside but no burst pipes.

[Armybrat 40846]

We have always wrapped & insulated our outdoor hose bibs and just dripped an indoor faucet that is on an outside wall on the opposite side of the house from the main waterline. 

[Underdog 28634]

4 hours ago, blacklab said:

You're a TV repairman, right? 

[Nice Guy Eddie 13512]

59 minutes ago, Armybrat said:

We have always wrapped & insulated our outdoor hose bibs and just dripped an indoor faucet that is on an outside wall on the opposite side of the house from the main waterline. 

Same here. Also open up cabinets that have water lines to hopefully keep them warmer for the outdoor faucets.

Even with these precautions I worry about temps in the teens freezing outdoor hose bibs and lines.

[Pato del Muerto 52498]

Shit sure does seem to happen to blacklab. 

[F250 28775]

14 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Shit sure does seem to happen to blacklab. 

At least he didn't get arrested for kiting checks this time.

 

[Updawg 2266]

Sorry to see. Good looking 4Runner, I love that generation of them

[Guest]

1 hour ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Same here. Also open up cabinets that have water lines to hopefully keep them warmer for the outdoor faucets.

Even with these precautions I worry about temps in the teens freezing outdoor hose bibs and lines.

It's 1 fucking degree here right now.

[Neonmoon 38129]

4 hours ago, Steel Shank said:

You fill your bird feeder with bud light?

[staboner 4969]

lulz. shanks concrete thingee looks like BOOBS

@blacklab glad you are ok man. now get home and get to drinking, wrapping pipes, posting about wrapping pipes, laying pipe, so forth

[Steel Shank 9425]

1 hour ago, Neonmoon said:

You fill your bird feeder with bud light?

Yes. These are South Austin birds.

[Longhornstampede 3182]

18 minutes ago, Steel Shank said:

Yes. These are South Austin birds.

Orale Ese!

[DaggerHorns 3085]

My house was built in 1963. Faucet on drip downstairs.

Homemade hose bibs with towels and duct tape.

I expect all of my pipes to simultaneously explode when the temp reaches 10 degrees.

[deadshank 24653]

4 minutes ago, DaggerHorns said:

My house was built in 1963. Faucet on drip downstairs.

Homemade hose bibs with towels and duct tape.

I expect all of my pipes to simultaneously explode when the temp reaches 10 degrees.

Hold your phone sideways when filming. 

[Bernard 879]

12 hours ago, Armybrat said:

You aren’t going to wrap any of those pipes and put a tarp cover on the whole thing?

Modern pool control systems have a freeze mode. If the temps at the pump get below a preset level, the pump cycles on and off every so often to prevent frozen water in the system.

Bernard 

[NoRagrets 1125]

So confident in his advice

he posted it twice

[ABSR 5312]

9 hours ago, blacklab said:

You’re past due for an inspection.

[HiggyBaby 2529]

Post pics of your plumbing disasters due to the hard freeze all over Texas. My contribution. Hose popped off the polaris pump so nothing horrible. 

Buddy of mine posted this. Thankfully no casualties yet at the Higgy household.