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It was highly recommended to me today to cover the outside water faucets. A lot of stores here sell the styrofoam faucet covers. Do they really do the

Posted by kelly Dec 9 '16, 19:16

trick?

I've lived in areas much colder than here my entire life and have never seen one of these before. I didn't realize this was a necessity.

Does anyone here use these? Do they work?

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Md-Building-Products-Inc-03939-Outdoor-Faucet-Cover/37646391 (www.walmart.com)

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F*$K yeah, the socal folks who bought the old lady's house next door, pipe froze, broke. - zeitgeist Dec 9, 19:51
The necessity will depend on the type of faucet. - Ender Dec 9, 19:46
Two dollars vs 2 thousand dollars. -- nm - Bacon Dec 9, 19:19 4
- So they work? I tried putting them on tonight but they are not flush with the house; there are some gaps because of the siding. -- nm - kelly Dec 9, 19:21 3
  - open the faucet so it drip drip drips, this will either prevent frozen or allow the pressure to escape - zeitgeist Dec 9, 19:54 1
    - the ones we have have a collar of sponge foam to fit the zig zag of the siding. got any old sponges, or hell waste a new one -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 9, 19:56
  - Yeah they help here. I think the colder areas might build differently to prevent pipe freeze, but it's rare they wrap pipes here. - Bacon Dec 9, 19:25
I only saw these after moving to Oregon. In - much colder - Canada, we didn't bother. Are northern pipes sturdier? -- nm - Mop Dec 9, 19:18 6
- The valves are. -- nm - Ender Dec 9, 19:47
- shutoff valves and more thorough exterior insulation. -- nm - Reagen Dec 9, 19:38
- We also open our kitchen cabinets when it gets colder than 25 or the pipes freeze in the kitchen -- nm - Bacon Dec 9, 19:19 3
  - we had that happen, lucky we didn't break a pipe then. also washing machine line froze, any pipe in the wall, there's often no insulation there -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 9, 19:57 2
    - Since our laundry room is in a very small enclosed space near an outside wall, our realtor also suggested we leave the laundry room door open all winter -- (edited) - kelly Dec 9, 20:04 1
      - our laundry room is open, its the hall from the kitchen to the 'garage' aka my office, it still froze (not to the point of damage luckily) so on reall - zeitgeist Dec 9, 21:00

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