Archive for 'Frozen pipes'

The joy of frozen plastic water mains

We went to an apartment complex the other day and they had lost water in about 6 units. We went down to the water main on the main floor and we took apart the line above the valve and no water. We started working on it for a bit and i decided that i would [...]

Freeze, thaw, boom!

We were at a trailer park yesterday thawing out a main water line. I was there for about an hour and a half before we got it to thaw out completely. As i was sitting there waiting for it to thaw. I heard the great sound of water running. (Because we disconnected the water line [...]

A fun main sewer line

We got a call yesterday to a main sewer line that we had cleaned out a few weeks ago. They had backed up again so we came out with the usual equipment a sewer camera our hot water jetter and our main line cable machines. We worked on it from a few different angles and [...]

The week of the freeze

It seems like they freeze ups didn’t stop this week! We saw some of the worst frozen pipes we have encountered before. We also saw on the flip side some of the easiest thaws we have had with the worst odds stacked against us. We ran into a few people this week that went a [...]

More Frozen pipes

More Frozen pipes today. Bad heat tape and not enough insulation caused a lot of the problems. One tip is if you house is prone to freezing up you can let the cold water trickle in one of the faucets and that will keep water flowing through to keep the pipes from freezing. We are [...]

Frozen Pipes

We have been busy this weekend thawing and repairing frozen pipes through out cache valley. We have quite a few tricks and tools that we use to thaw homes and trailors. From mains to faucets we have what you need to take care of your frozen pipes. We can even make suggestions to help prevent [...]