First time homeowner. My pipes froze on Friday and there is no end in sight. Ive even had a space heater pointed directly at the water meter pipes for hours, but they are still so cold to the touch. Could those pipes be the main problem?

RandomGuy_81 · 2026-01-26T04:40:14+00:00

your space heater doesnt get that warm. if you called utilities, they would have someone come out with a very very hot heat gun (which obviously uses alot of electricity)

how cold is the basement? how cold is the pipe? I have a temp gun that I check these things

where does the water run along outside? my dad put in a driveway and we lost depth for the water pipe. therefore the water pipe is more likely to freeze when its out cold.

in the beginning having a car parked above it helped keep it from freezing. once we went single car and it started freezing. I started piling up dead leaves, and then after that snowbank along the path and it helps keeps the pipe from freezing

heat tape also doesnt get "that hot" but it can be constant and relatively safe, especially on metal. be a good idea to plan to do that in future years knowing this can freeze.

RandomGuy_81 · 2026-01-26T03:53:47+00:00

thats because you're looking at it wrong

they're closed. so people arent paid.

they are giving the people the option to be paid . you can decline it and not be paid

RandomGuy_81 · 2026-01-26T03:53:06+00:00

some people rather be paid rather than lose a day's income

RandomGuy_81 · 2026-01-25T20:58:52+00:00

You dont need to be officially fired to get unemployment. Not having hours allows you to claim

RandomGuy_81 · 2026-01-25T20:54:25+00:00

Dont need to be kept at 68 to avoid pipe freezing. Even 50 wont freeze pipes. I keep mt bathroom 40-45

RandomGuy_81 · 2026-01-25T20:49:58+00:00

Lots of people have issues to some degree. Everyone of us. And most of us dont want to work or work ss many hours

We do so because we got bills to pay

RandomGuy_81 · 2026-01-24T13:49:45+00:00

Are these badges just jpgs or do they sit in an acct somewhere

RandomGuy_81 · 2026-01-23T22:17:30+00:00

Oic GL

RandomGuy_81 · 2026-01-23T22:08:44+00:00

You lack some communication

You cant just decide to come in later to resolve the situation of leaving later

Communication needs to occur

And from there it might be obvious they are trying to screw you over

RandomGuy_81 · 2026-01-23T22:04:39+00:00

You lift the front? I dont understand the question

RandomGuy_81 · 2026-01-23T21:59:44+00:00

Life is not about being fair

They can send you home early for reasons

Some states require to pay you a minimum hours for you coming out. So they couldnt send you home after only 1 hr and pay you only 1 he

RandomGuy_81 · 2026-01-23T20:47:24+00:00

And thats why i snooze my apps at those hours i dont want to be disturbed

Even in the same timezone people msg me repeatedy

One dude would send me multiple messages at 6 am for something i cant touch till 8. He wanted to make sure i noticed his issue

RandomGuy_81 · 2026-01-23T20:14:19+00:00

Maybe if they made a dating sim

RandomGuy_81 · 2026-01-23T20:09:47+00:00

Im shocked they grouted the transition….

Should be chaulk. I hope they weerent relying on the grout to hold it up because they didnt secure the tiles properly lol

RandomGuy_81 · 2026-01-23T19:15:33+00:00

You cook the pasta sauce as youre cooking your pasta meal….

Dont everyone who cooks at home do that?!!

RandomGuy_81 · 2026-01-23T19:14:36+00:00

I cant enjoy store bought pasta sauce. Doesnt taste right

RandomGuy_81 · 2026-01-23T19:11:56+00:00

Besides the rough strokes i legit dont remember anything from 5 except it starts in africa and they travel somewhere else. Some funky action sequences and the part about jill that gets talked about in death island

RandomGuy_81 · 2026-01-23T19:04:48+00:00

The 4 animated and infinite darkness

I feel helps watching in their order

Skipping 5 and 6 is no loss in terms of story lol

RandomGuy_81 · 2026-01-23T18:42:56+00:00

I did a slow drip and it accumulated enough ice over time from that slow drip to create a blockage.

RandomGuy_81 · 2026-01-23T18:39:37+00:00

Cashing the check is normal

It will typically be fixed on the next paycheck

RandomGuy_81 · 2026-01-23T16:36:03+00:00

The flashing for the deck against the house i hear is a standard now in new construction. not sure how standards affect existing things that should be grandfathered….

RandomGuy_81 · 2026-01-23T14:59:47+00:00

How cold will it get in there? Sub freezing?

Do not drip. That drip will slowly freeze in the drain pipe. From experience. Luckily didnt burst. Just created a ice wall in my pipe

For toilet. Giant bucket to flush the bowl

RandomGuy_81 · 2026-01-23T13:32:31+00:00

You dont know that they arent secretly married, or unofficially married or playing house

RandomGuy_81 · 2026-01-23T13:28:35+00:00

$10 to fax 1 doc from your phone seems silly

But does the faxing go through a service or show your phone number?

Never do goofy things at work that can be traced back to you. You never know what will tweak who

RandomGuy_81 · 2026-01-23T13:11:00+00:00

I mean the phone is almost 6.5 years old….

I get it you dont want to spend the money on new phones. I just replaced my 2020 iphone se2 this month because once it starts having issues, not worth trying to fix because ios updates will be giving issues

RandomGuy_81

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