Howboutthemdawgs
5 year old buck +
Been dealing with this crap all day! 4 homeowners have been without water. Trying to walk them through thawing their pipes cause I can’t get out there.
Deer are finally hitting the beans at one of my properties now that the snow and cold came. View attachment 61657View attachment 61658
At least seven different bucks in there the other evening, not bad for 1.5 acres. Probably be a few sheds in there if this weather holds up.
Yeah, they're full. I switched over to enlist beans because I'm pretty goofy about controlling weeds. I've read the deer aren't as crazy about enlist beans, I've had mixed results but mostly good.You still have full pods? If so, what did you plant. Mine e all split over a month ago.
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How do y'all in the north deal with freezing weather with water pipes and such? Down here, when it is supposed to get below freezing, we wrap outside faucets, let sinks trickle water, and open cabinet doors under sinks. But, that's only for a day or so, then we're back to shorts and t-shirts. Do y'all do that for days or months at a time?
Now is your chance
Only real problem I get at my house is my septic vent will sometimes freeze up and I'll have to crawl on the roof with some warm water.
Just told my wife last night that I'll be wrapping the attic portion this spring. Ironically, when I got home from work yesterday the house had the sewer gas smell. Smell was gone within 5 minutes after clearing the ice.Brian, this happened to me every winter for a decade. Got sick of going up on a ladder in January to remove the ice. I eventually replaced the 3" septic vent with a larger 4" piece of PVC...and switched from white PVC to black. It completely solved the issue. I also wrapped all of the PVC in the attic with insulation. Haven't been up on the roof in 10 years.
Just told my wife last night that I'll be wrapping the attic portion this spring. Ironically, when I got home from work yesterday the house had the sewer gas smell. Smell was gone within 5 minutes after clearing the ice.
Careful with heat tape. I used heat tape on a pvc line running out of the basement basket pump and damn near melted through it. I didn't know the heat tape got that hot. Got lucky that all it did was leave black marks on the pvc.Yeah, what a pain. Mine was way up 20'....had to go up on an icy ladder. Ridiculous. If you decide to replace the PVC I've heard that if you cut the pipe at a slight angle that also helps. You could also wrap the pipe with some kind of heat tape for now and plug it in when it freezes over.
Yep. Had our stove going most of this week. Only crappy part is my kids rooms are on the opposite end of the house so they end up around 65 degrees because the hvac doesn’t push as much heat when the stove is hot.This weather is where our woodstove fireplace insert comes in. We've had a nice oak, maple, ash fire going for a few days. House is nice and toasty, and the fire doesn't have to roar either.
That’s funny!Now is your chance
Frost seed that muthah
At least you can say that you have done it once
bill
Our water lines are buried 3-4 feet deep under the frost line. The plumbing in the houses are usually fine as long as the heat stays on. Now the cabins are a different story. I need to drain all the pipes for winter. Blow them out with a compressor. Rv solution is poured down drains to keep them from freezing. So I leave my cabins water shut down till spring.How do y'all in the north deal with freezing weather with water pipes and such? Down here, when it is supposed to get below freezing, we wrap outside faucets, let sinks trickle water, and open cabinet doors under sinks. But, that's only for a day or so, then we're back to shorts and t-shirts. Do y'all do that for days or months at a time?