Very cold last night, below zero F.
One pipe in the house must be frozen, there is no water coming out of it. It's the hot water in the kitchen sink (should have left the cabinets open, maybe). I did put a space heater in the cabinet and closed it up, ran it for an hour. Whew, was like a sauna in there!! Still no flow. This house was a foreclosure and clearly, pipes leading to the kitchen sink had frozen as the ceiling downstairs was cut out in that area, and pex had been spliced into the copper to fix the bad parts.
There is no leaking in the basement, at least the sheetrock ceiling isn't showing it yet! How concerned should I be about the pex splice, should I cut open the ceiling or give it more time? If I stick my hand under the kitchen sink where the hot water comes up, I can feel cold air coming up around the pipe, so clearly the insulation in that area isn't up to snuff or I have an air leak to the outside. Oddly, the cold water right next to it did not freeze.
Appreciate any ideas!
One pipe in the house must be frozen, there is no water coming out of it. It's the hot water in the kitchen sink (should have left the cabinets open, maybe). I did put a space heater in the cabinet and closed it up, ran it for an hour. Whew, was like a sauna in there!! Still no flow. This house was a foreclosure and clearly, pipes leading to the kitchen sink had frozen as the ceiling downstairs was cut out in that area, and pex had been spliced into the copper to fix the bad parts.
There is no leaking in the basement, at least the sheetrock ceiling isn't showing it yet! How concerned should I be about the pex splice, should I cut open the ceiling or give it more time? If I stick my hand under the kitchen sink where the hot water comes up, I can feel cold air coming up around the pipe, so clearly the insulation in that area isn't up to snuff or I have an air leak to the outside. Oddly, the cold water right next to it did not freeze.
Appreciate any ideas!