Our houses are designed from the ground up to get rid of heat as efficiently as possible. Our infrastructure is designed for heat waves, not ice and snow. Anything below 25-30 is basically a nightmare around here.
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Texas-Era, brace for the cold snap.
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Our houses are designed from the ground up to get rid of heat as efficiently as possible. Our infrastructure is designed for heat waves, not ice and snow. Anything below 25-30 is basically a nightmare around here.
You know me well enough to know that won't even remotely be a problem
I unfortunately haven't had this issue before because I've always had frost proof sillcocks, but if push comes to shove maybe you could shut the water off to a room or two? Or maybe your situation is like mine and the hose bib comes right off the water main and you'd have to shut water off to the whole house... it's on my list to put a block valve in.
Maybe you can take a look and see if the water is clearly freezing and pull the trigger on a heating lamp inside in the worst case if it's possible that way even.
When you put it like that, yeah that's pretty rough. Currently for some reason my room is the only room in the house that does not get heat, and the bed becomes ice cold, and I gotta triple layer blankets
Looks like it's gonna be 25F Monday night here in the Nawlins area.
Wife and I moved into a new house and the morning cold is a stark difference to what we experienced in our apartment previously for a whole variety of factors. (No carpeting, bigger space, more windows, etc.)
Bought an Ecobee 3 Lite a few weeks ago and never could figure out how to get it installed up in the attic. Might try to take one more crack at it this weekend.
Wife and I moved into a new house and the morning cold is a stark difference to what we experienced in our apartment previously for a whole variety of factors. (No carpeting, bigger space, more windows, etc.)
Bought an Ecobee 3 Lite a few weeks ago and never could figure out how to get it installed up in the attic. Might try to take one more crack at it this weekend.
Just got back from an HEB run in Round Rock, and it was packed. Had to wait for parking packed. Trees are down all over the place. Its crazy.
I think our house has flexible pipes. Should those handle is better?
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gonna try to make a grocery run in the morning. i needed to go there anyway. hopefully its not too crowded
How's the wind usually in Texas?
At least for me, temperature doesn't bother me too much but once the wind starts hitting, that's when the cold sucks hard. I can be fine in 10 degrees with no wind but its horrible even at 30 with decent wind.
It can get pretty windy down here in Houston since we're close to the gulf.
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The weather advisory for Dallas is warning there could be -15F wind chill. :(
Yes but check with your neighbors. We got our house built and kept bring it up as a feature and we were like when the fuck will this matter in our heads. Turns out about 6 years later lol.
If you can faucet covers try them. They're a harder shell plastic over foam. They should help more than the straight towel.
If you can turn off water to them that's also a huge help but not everyone has shut off valves for outside faucets.
This. I'm originally from MI but I can't trust anyone to drive in ice or snow here. Boss was nice enough to let me take Monday off.
Like others have said though, you're probably in a place that's better equipped to handle it. Texas cities don't have armies of salt trucks at their disposal, and nobody knows how to drive on ice. I'm not even sure where I would go to get tire chains.
Its fucking cold yall!! I'm gonna be on lockdown with my delta 8 pen and bracing for the ice. Posing my horror figures on a Friday, getting ready to bunker down for the weekend!
Anyone else got some cool figures?
Anyone else got some cool figures?
Yeah my house is 2015. I didn't understand what it was when they were building it.
Man the contrast between indoors and outdoors temps at my house is just wild. Foolishly moved the trash/recycling bins in shorts and whoo boy it was chilly. My house is only 3 years old so the temps are nice inside.
I've been checking the weather on my phone for the last two days, and the expected lows for Monday keep dropping. It was 18 degrees and now it's 3. I'm thankfully off of work on Sunday and Monday, but I'm hoping the city is still shut down on Tuesday so I can just call out.
Shits crazy. Been here my whole life and can't ever remember a time where it was single digits in Austin
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Shits crazy. Been here my whole life and can't ever remember a time where it was single digits in Austin
It hasn't been single digits since 1989, so depending on your age it's quite possible it has never been this cold in Austin since you've been alive!
My neighbor's faucet froze so I just got finished helping there. Keep those wrapped up, everyone!
Yeah, as a Midwesterner...Drip your pipes overnight. That will help prevent freezing. One or two is probably safe. Also open the cabinet doors under any sink near an external wall to displace cold air.
Also, drink lots of fluids and get good sleep. Pop a vitamin C or two, too. The rapid change in temp (both up and/or down) will, for some crazy reason, likely increase your chances of getting a cold/sore throat/general feeling of shittiness.
Same here, went to the Randall's and it was crazy packed. Was unable to find flashlights but I do have some rechargable lights as back up.
I'm mostly worried about pipes, my exterior faucets are wrapped so at least I have that going for me.
I grew up in Houston and I can't remember the last time I got the flu, but without fail (this year aside, weirdly enough... hopefully I'm not jinxing it), I get strep right when the temperature drops for the first time.
All stocked up on foodstuffs. The company officially closed all Texas offices for Monday and Tuesday, but I would have been working from home anyway (and I'd already told my team to do the same). No reason at all to even leave the house for the next four or five days.
That's the thing I'm always worried about not me but other people.
stay inside, try not to go anywhere, you say?
shame whataburger doesn't see it that way and I'll be working in freaking near-historic cold temps for us
It has SUCKED since it got cold two days ago. Monday honestly has me depressed just seeing it.
shame whataburger doesn't see it that way and I'll be working in freaking near-historic cold temps for us
It has SUCKED since it got cold two days ago. Monday honestly has me depressed just seeing it.
