Dreadedtrash t1_j7p7r7q wrote on February 8, 2023 at 12:51 PM

I had a pipe freeze and burst. Luckily the 3rd place I called said they would be there within 4 hours. They were 30 minutes late, but got me set for the night at least. A radiator pipe is what froze. They capped it off on each side and called it a night. It left me without heat in that zone. They will be back later this week to actually fix the pipe since it was solid with ice at the time. Total cost will be around $1500 with zero damage to the house. It sucks, but could have been much worse.

notgoodwithmoney t1_j7sh2lj wrote on February 9, 2023 at 2:07 AM

Was it baseboard radiators? One of mine burst over Christmas, and my plumber mentioned how thin that copper is. Always busts first, he recommended I turn the heat up so it circulated more often and that worked well this time arouns

Dreadedtrash t1_j7u254c wrote on February 9, 2023 at 12:19 PM

Yes it was a baseboard radiator. It was completely our fault. We run our wood stove whenever we are home. So Friday night-Saturday I was running the stove. The pipe that burst was on the other side of the house from the wood stove. The room the wood stove was in was 75 or so, but the heat doesn't make it to that room. Basically I was attempting to save $10 or whatever in oil and ended up costing myself $1500 in repairs. Next time it gets that cold I'm just going to let the oil run.