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| rodeowithjoker - 2018-01-04 8:03 AM
Three 4 Luck - 2018-01-03 4:49 PM We just spent 90 consecutive hours below freezing with windchills around zero, which really isn't normal for us.
The news was saying this morning that Kansas City is at 313 hours of consecutive below freezing temperatures. That goes back to December 22nd. YUCK!!! We are supposed to hit 40 on Sunday, but it's looking like an 80% chance of rain that day. Of course.
But OH MY GOD, we need rain SO badly! We haven't had any measurable precip since last September. |
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| scwebster - 2018-01-03 1:54 PM Our horses have plenty of hay and all have a roof to get under. Two are blanketed. They are the "special ones". The dog and cat share an electric blanket under the roof of our porch.
What about you folks that live places with harsh winters..how do you keep your pipes from freezing all winter?
Like water supply pipes?
All pipes are installed below the frost line. It doesnt freeze below there .... water bowl fills up when needed and then the water drains back to below that line. I think for us it is about 8 feet....when we installed our waterer we went 10 ft deep just to be safe.
Then all the lines are within another PVC pipe so they don't touch the edges of the hole (they could freeze to it).
We don't really need it, but we also put in heat tape on where the water line comes up to about 2 feet deep.
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Location: MN | scwebster - 2018-01-03 2:54 PM Our horses have plenty of hay and all have a roof to get under. Two are blanketed. They are the "special ones". The dog and cat share an electric blanket under the roof of our porch.
What about you folks that live places with harsh winters..how do you keep your pipes from freezing all winter?
The pipes are dug much deeper up here, well below the frost line. My pipes above ground all have heat tape on them so that helps tremendously keeping them thawed in these sub 0 temps. This morning was -32 actual temp and everything was working just as it should! |
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Location: Eastern OH but my heart is in WV | I live in northern Ohio and it has been single digits to negatives for over a week now. Calling for a low of -22 tonight and not out of the negatives tomorrow. As a rule of thumb, I only really worry about the horses when they are going to get wet and the temps are really low. This is the only time they get stalled, however, once the snow or rain stops they are back out. We do blanket but more for my daughter's worrying nature. The most important things are good, available hay, fresh water (tank heater is a must) and a good quality grain. Luckily, maintaining those three things has worked well for many years and the worst part is going out to feed in these temperatures.  |
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| 2H~QH - 2018-01-04 11:09 AM scwebster - 2018-01-03 1:54 PM Our horses have plenty of hay and all have a roof to get under. Two are blanketed. They are the "special ones". The dog and cat share an electric blanket under the roof of our porch.
What about you folks that live places with harsh winters..how do you keep your pipes from freezing all winter? Like water supply pipes?
All pipes are installed below the frost line. It doesnt freeze below there .... water bowl fills up when needed and then the water drains back to below that line. I think for us it is about 8 feet....when we installed our waterer we went 10 ft deep just to be safe.
Then all the lines are within another PVC pipe so they don't touch the edges of the hole (they could freeze to it).
We don't really need it, but we also put in heat tape on where the water line comes up to about 2 feet deep.
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| Kay-DRacing. - 2018-01-04 11:18 AM scwebster - 2018-01-03 2:54 PM Our horses have plenty of hay and all have a roof to get under. Two are blanketed. They are the "special ones". The dog and cat share an electric blanket under the roof of our porch.
What about you folks that live places with harsh winters..how do you keep your pipes from freezing all winter? The pipes are dug much deeper up here, well below the frost line. My pipes above ground all have heat tape on them so that helps tremendously keeping them thawed in these sub 0 temps. This morning was -32 actual temp and everything was working just as it should!
Very cool! |
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Location: Arizona | I don't even know what a "frost line" is. Here in AZ our pipes are buried no more than 18" below the ground...haha. It's been super nice here. We have been about 10 degrees above our normal temps. We have been in the high 70's. I love it!!  |
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Location: Texas | As a southern girl, we had 2 or 3 days below 32 degrees. We complain, complain, complain. Had to haul water because the hoses or pipes are frozen. Thank goodness that crazy cold weather (rolling my eyes) is gone and it was mid 40s today and supposed to be 50 or 60 next week. Don't know how you northern folks handle it. |
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Location: Florida | It is 32 again this morning, that's 3 days in a row. My answer; hibernation. Made sure I was well stocked with the essentials of animal feed, hay, pizza and beer. Now I am binge watching Dr. Phil. That always makes my life seem perfect. |
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| It's -10 here now, high today is 0. Looks like we have a few more days of cold weather, days and nights around -15 to -30. Ducks have a heat lamp and their coop filled with shavings and hay. They also have a heated waterer. Dogs have cabin fever as they've been inside for almost two weeks. My older dog with arthritis has a hard time even spending a few min outside to go to the bathroom. He goes out real quick and comes inside to lay on his temperpedic dog bed. Horse is inside in extreme temps. I do my chores pretty quickly and stay inside. I've been telling my husband for years that I want to move to AZ or TX!! I hate the cold, falling on the ice!! |
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Location: MN | RocketPilot - 2018-01-04 10:38 PM As a southern girl, we had 2 or 3 days below 32 degrees. We complain, complain, complain. Had to haul water because the hoses or pipes are frozen. Thank goodness that crazy cold weather (rolling my eyes) is gone and it was mid 40s today and supposed to be 50 or 60 next week. Don't know how you northern folks handle it.
I'm from middle GA and I seriously considered packing my things this morning. My truck read -36 below this morning, actual temp. I want to go HOME where it's 28 ABOVE. This is my 4th winter up here and I think I'm getting less tolerable of this nasty cold weather every year. |
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Location: Northern Ontario | It was minus 45 with the wind chill here for almost two weeks. Best to stay in and keep the horses in til it passes. Did get some snowmobiling done though, but I cant ride with a bulky suit |
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Location: Texas | Kay-DRacing. - 2018-01-05 9:43 AM RocketPilot - 2018-01-04 10:38 PM As a southern girl, we had 2 or 3 days below 32 degrees. We complain, complain, complain. Had to haul water because the hoses or pipes are frozen. Thank goodness that crazy cold weather (rolling my eyes) is gone and it was mid 40s today and supposed to be 50 or 60 next week. Don't know how you northern folks handle it. I'm from middle GA and I seriously considered packing my things this morning. My truck read -36 below this morning, actual temp. I want to go HOME where it's 28 ABOVE. This is my 4th winter up here and I think I'm getting less tolerable of this nasty cold weather every year.
I honestly did not know it got that cold in Georgia. I know that we complain when it gets hot too but that is what arena lights are for. I don't mind visiting more northern locations during the summer but I would never, never, never, never live there during the winter. If I had been raised there, I would definitely be a snow bird and migrate during the winter. |
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Location: Duvall, WA | So the NW seems to have missed all this extreme weather, we are close to 50 this week with some rain. People make fun of Seattle rain but I will take it ANY day over freezing weather. You can do anything in the rain if you really want to, just put on the rain coat and muck boots, frozen makes everything hard. I always tell my husband--animals don't die from rain. I worry like crazy about them when it is cold. What I really want is to head south a couple months a year. Wouldn't that be nice. . .
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| It's supposed to be 25 degrees tomorrow (Sunday). I'm so excited! It was - 16 below Friday night.... So it'll be almost 40 degrees warmer on Sunday. It's crazy today think that. |
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