KANATA中区没水啦？

[Amanda75]

Thank you Orlean.
No. water is still frozen in kitchen. :flaming:
Should I call plumber to fix it? or should I just wait weather warm up? Please give some suggestion. thanks.

"是室内管子冻住了吗？" ==> may have been (could be somewhere in basement?) . . . . but the sun was very strong this afternoon, u may be OK

"可我室内是20C呀。" ==> u said "就厨房管子离外面最近。", it is possible(pending your insulation).

How is your water now? Back to normal I assume.

 

[Orlean]

Your neighbor has water, right? (in rare case that city turn off water or something)

If pipe is frozen, I don't think plumber can do much. Frozen pipe can burst if left too long . . . . u don't want to go there . . . .

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Any water drips from tap? If yes, all u need is just let the water run. If no . . .

If u know how your pipes run inside the house, turning on hot water (even somewhere else) may help to warm up the pipes(pending if your hot/cold water pipes are insulated separately).

If u have any small portable heater, put it underneath the sink . . . turn it on.

Anyone else . . . . I don't know Kanata houses . . . only know extremely extremely old house :blowzy:

 

[ccc]

地下室有水龙头、水池么？有的话，去楼下放水，看看什么情况。

厨房的水管应该是从地下室引上来的，怎么会结冰呢。

 

[Orlean]

Last Christmas after vacation, a friend of mine return to his 3rd floor apartment with semi-frozen pipe. Heating was not included in that building, guess his neighbors all turn off heating while away. Fortunately the pipes were unblocked after letting water "run" for some time.

 

[ccc]

Last Christmas after vacation, a friend of mine return to his 3rd floor apartment with semi-frozen pipe. Heating was not included in that building, guess his neighbors all turn off heating while away. Fortunately the pipes were unblocked after letting water "run" for some time.

问题是，楼主没有说离开过啊。室内20度，怎么能结冰呢？

 

[Orlean]

It depends on her house, age and type . . . .

室内20度不结冰, but there could be big portion of pipes running underneath the house, basement no basement, type of insulation . . . .

 

[Amanda75]

The house is 11 years old. Urbandale house. This is the first time having this problem. yesterday it was fine. even before colder than this, it was fine.
Basement water is running fine, actually rest of house seems ok. any idea? :thanks:

 

[ccc]

The house is 11 years old. Urbandale house. This is the first time having this problem. yesterday it was fine. even before colder than this, it was fine.
Basement water is running fine, actually rest of house seems ok. any idea? :thanks:

看看下方柜橱内是否有阀门。

 

[Amanda75]

看看下方柜橱内是否有阀门。

yes, i checked, only hot water has it.

 

[Orlean]

11 years old house should be OK - I don't call that old house

So u're saying that all other faucets inside the house is OK, except the kitchen cold water tap. For now, your options:
1. run kitchen hot water for long time, hoping that running of hot water will warm up the cold/frozen section(may take long time), or
2. put a small heater underneath the sink(takes long time), or
3. buy+return Heating Cable below

Leave cold water tap open SMALL, whenever it start to drip, u can stop above operation and turn cold water tap on more. Let the cold water continue to drip till it runs.

http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/brow...84P/Pipe+Tracing+Heating+Cables.jsp?locale=en

The Heating Cable may not work, pending on length and shape of your exposed kitchen pipe + your kitchen is too warm, temperature sensor on Cable may pickup temp in kitchen instead of pipe. Talk to hardware store clerk and see if they have better product/solution/answer. Make sure u keep the bill, return cable after. If heater/cable works, it means pipe is frozen somewhere, u need to get someone to check insulation of that section of pipe later. Good luck!

 

[Amanda75]

Thank you so much Orlean. :thanks: :thanks: Your answer is so professional!!

I'm going to try it after I go home today.

Thanks again!!!!!!

11 years old house should be OK - I don't call that old house

So u're saying that all other faucets inside the house is OK, except the kitchen cold water tap. For now, your options:
1. run kitchen hot water for long time, hoping that running of hot water will warm up the cold/frozen section(may take long time), or
2. put a small heater underneath the sink(takes long time), or
3. buy+return Heating Cable below

Leave cold water tap open SMALL, whenever it start to drip, u can stop above operation and turn cold water tap on more. Let the cold water continue to drip till it runs.

http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/brow...84P/Pipe+Tracing+Heating+Cables.jsp?locale=en

The Heating Cable may not work, pending on length and shape of your exposed kitchen pipe + your kitchen is too warm, temperature sensor on Cable may pickup temp in kitchen instead of pipe. Talk to hardware store clerk and see if they have better product/solution/answer. Make sure u keep the bill, return cable after. If heater/cable works, it means pipe is frozen somewhere, u need to get someone to check insulation of that section of pipe later. Good luck!

 

[Orlean]

没办法，久病成医，是以前我的 this old house 痛苦经验学回来的 ，希望你的房子没问题！

这个网站什么钱钱呀，声望呀的，给我加巴！

 

[意惠物业维护工程公司]

请问LZ，你的厨房水龙头是单手柄控制还是双手柄分开控制的？
如果是单手柄控制的，则水龙头本身出问题的可能性大些，你可以拆开水龙头看一看各部件是不是完好。

 

[uglyducking]

请问LZ，你的厨房水龙头是单手柄控制还是双手柄分开控制的？
如果是单手柄控制的，则水龙头本身出问题的可能性大些，你可以拆开水龙头看一看各部件是不是完好。

他没有shut off valve,你让他拆水龙头不是害他么？

Oops 可以关总开关

 

[ccc]

Thank you so much Orlean. :thanks: :thanks: Your answer is so professional!!

I'm going to try it after I go home today.

Thanks again!!!!!!

突然想起来，水龙头出水口的地方有个filter。拧下来清理一下。