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tj-crochets · 11 days ago

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Hey y'all! Weird question time again, this time cold weather related Is it common practice to open up undersink cabinets and leave at least one faucet, preferably the one furthest from where water comes into the house, dripping overnight when it's below freezing temperatures to prevent pipes freezing? Or is that something that used to be necessary, but with modern building techniques/supplies/practices usually isn't?

#tj asks weird questions #this question brought to you by: I always do the drip faucets thing #because my dad did it when he was a kid and lived where there was snow and real winter #and I had zero experience with real winter until I move a few years ago #(by some standards I still haven't experienced real winter I've never been in subzero temperatures lol)#and I've never had issues with pipes freezing since we moved #but several of my neighbors are complaining their pipes froze #and that they shouldn't have had to open up cabinets and drip faucets to prevent it #and I can't tell if it was a shoddy building thing or if it's a 'didn't know cold weather knowledge' thing

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