Monday, December 7, 2009

Frozen Flow

All photographs testify to time's relentless melt.
Susan Sontag

I took this photo this morning just outside my front door. The howling bitter winds have created icy scapes.

10 comments:

V Yonkers said...

What a great photo. We got our first snow here over the weekend and things froze up for the first time this season.

Of course, this picture also reminds me that pipes freeze and BURST!

Mr Plumber said...

-6 tonite (now)
hope your inside tap for the outside line is turned off.

Kathreen said...

Ahhh....I wish I knew where that inside tap is...augh!

Mr Plumber said...

Best to follow the line from where it exits, back .
Freezing on the outside can crack the line just inside if there is water in it. If you find it and turn it off, then open the outside to drain.

Mr Plumber said...

I'm not really a plumber; I just play one on the internet.
Hope you got the line shut off or a pro assessment of the risk.
Got to -7C lastnite. brrrr

Kathreen said...

Mr. Plumber,
That is funny you're only a plumber on the internet? No,
I did not shut off the line. I can't find the line. Ahh!! I live in an old house so I don't think there is a line. Pro assessment of the risk? Oh dear.... maybe I'll take photos of all my outside taps and ask for everyone's feedback.

Mr Plumber said...

If the ceiling is open downstairs, it should be visible coming down from the exterior point. If it is heated down there, shouldn't be a problem.
I'd phone a 'real' plumber to be sure.
If it got real cold in the downstairs where the line is, then I'd say you could have trouble.

Kathreen said...

Thanks, your idea just made me think of a place I haven't looked.

Mr Plumber said...

How d'ya make out?

Kathreen said...

Still searching. Some friends told me I should look near my hot water heater.