Water!

[bzarcher]

Alex went home for lunch to check on the pipes. We have cold and hot water again!

I assume something froze and then thawed. To be safe, we're going to leave a slow drip open in the affected faucets tonight.

In other delicious news, thanks to a Chowhound poster I have found a source for fresh cheese curds in Columbus.

There will be Poutine this weekend. OH, yes. Yes there will.

Comments

[kores-rabbit.livejournal.com]

Ooh!! You hooker! I want poutine.
Wait... I live in Canada...

Anywho. Do you have a water source leading to the outside? A water hose for the yard. If haven't shut that off, it could lead to frozen pipes indoors.

Check it out!

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

I admit you have an unfair advantage there.

Our water hoses are shut off, I checked both.

[flaggerx.livejournal.com]

Check for leaks. Ice expands and sunlight might have warmed things enough to create a problem. Our sprinkler department often replaces couplings after a hard thaw. Kores_rabbit is also quite correct about checking your outside faucets, though I doubt they would shut off water inside the house. More likely release it :(.

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

So far, so good.

[alathaniel.livejournal.com]

My suspicion remains something internal to the house was frozen.

Hopefully this is a one-off thing and the volume was small enough the expansion didn't weaken the pipes.

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

So far, everything seems OK this morning. We'll see what happens.

[felislachesis.livejournal.com]

The oddest part was that it was not a total freeze. I gave the house a good once over, and I'm not seeing any outward signs of a leak, so I'm hoping it's just a very localized incident.

If none of the faucets had any cold water this morning, I'd be much more concerned, but 1/2 did and 1/2 didn't. I just wish I knew how that happened.