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Post by Fussymare on Jan 5, 2009 20:02:19 GMT 1
Right, I'm now officially bored with the frozen hosepipe routine. Had to barrow water from the tap in various containers and tub trugs, and am blooming exhausted! I did use a sieve this afternoon to remove all the ice .... but it was quite tricky balancing some of the huge bits on the sieve!
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Post by misty on Jan 5, 2009 21:00:04 GMT 1
We can get water from our friends next to our field but take our hosepipe home and keep it in the kitchen. We have cold water pipes on the outside of our house and they are made of material that doesn't let the water freeze, they just look like grey plastic.
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Post by rifleman on Jan 6, 2009 10:02:14 GMT 1
You could also try either a hurricane lamp with a fairly large fuel tank. If you don't set the flame too high, it will easily last all night.
Another option would be one of those little paraffin heaters made for greenhouses, which they sell in garden centres. Again, you can set them on a low flame, and they run for a very long time on a tankful of paraffin.
Point to watch with both hurricane lamps, and paraffin heaters, is that, as they warm up, the flame gets a bit bigger - so after lighting them, it's best to let them warm up for about 5 minutes, then adjust the flame to a clear yellow light, with no smoke; if it smokes, you've got the wick turned too high.
I can only sympathise with those coping with frozen pipes and taps. Through the winter of '86-'87 I was looking after a bunch of horses in barns - and every pipe and tap froze solid for weeks. Running out the hose from the tack room to the barns, filling the water butts, draining out the hose and putting it away took about 3 hours every day. Not fun.
With best wishes,
Jack
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Post by mandal on Jan 6, 2009 13:02:10 GMT 1
I can only sympathise with those coping with frozen pipes and taps. Through the winter of '86-'87 I was looking after a bunch of horses in barns - and every pipe and tap froze solid for weeks. Jack It's so difficult isn't it!!! I didn't have horses at the time but I remember 1980/81 winter my toilet and all pipes froze IN the bungalow I was renting at the time. We're not used to the cold anyomre are we. Lots of energy for you horsefeed and others that have to carry water...
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Post by Susan on Jan 6, 2009 13:54:01 GMT 1
That was the year I was at the NEC centre working on a exhibition and we had problems staring cars next day as it went down to minus 15!!! one got there ac r going and went round starting others and we cascaded started cars to start more. Driving was a nightmare as the salt dried on the screen and no washers worked at those low tempretures. I was out of horses at that time except riding at a RS..
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Post by devongirl62 on Jan 6, 2009 18:06:46 GMT 1
putting my science hat on (well i work in the science dept in school) ......... hot water does freeze quicker then cold ......... i will find out the reason --- something i think with the energy needed to make it colder - exothermic and endothermic or something ...... will ask head of science in the morning... i keep a new muck shovel by the trough .... the ones that come with a scoop.... (very technical)
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