Morning all.
So spent the last two days coming up with the best approach for a slight issue on the house build.
When we ran the water line, we brought it in thru the basement wall, sealed of course, ran about 12 inches into the basement wall, capped it. Then buried the rest. Didn’t think much of it then as it was early September. The water has since been turned on and the pipe filled as there is a frost proof hydrant in the the line and when the concrete truck busted a water line, we needed water. Anyway, it’s gonna drop down into the upper teens tonight and tomorrow with rain and snow.
So I’ve shut the main off again, but have no good way to drain the pipe without flooding the basement with 800 line feet worth of water. Granted I have a sump and drains, but I digress.
So I’m going to build a mini room around just the water pipe and stick a heat lamp in there. Hopefully that’ll do the trick until real framing starts Tuesday.