Frozen Pipes In Laundry Room

Any temperature under 0 degrees celsius could lead to frozen pipes.

Frozen pipes in laundry room.

If there isn t a faucet in the laundry room to drip set your washing machine on warm and start the fill cycle periodically for a few minutes to run water through the pipes. Set your icemaker to make ice if the icemaker water line runs under house. Turn both the hot and cold faucets on in the kitchen bathroom and laundry room. If you suspect the pipe is inside the wall within a bathroom or kitchen sink base cabinet or vanity make sure to open the door of the cabinet to help the heat reach the wall.

Thawing an exposed frozen pipe s. Frozen pipes encased in slab. If you discover that you do have frozen pipes call the xperts at emergency restoration xperts erx. If kitchen bathroom or laundry room sink pipes are located near exterior walls leave cabinet doors open so warm air can circulate around them.

During severe cold keep exterior doors to unheated spaces like garages closed so the cold has a harder time getting in. Turn on a tap in the basement preferably the cold water faucet in the laundry room. I kept the room quite warm last night which should have kept the vertical pipes from freezing but the. Cut out a section of the wall or ceiling to access the frozen section of pipe then thaw the pipe as an exposed pipe see next step.

Do not leave electrical devices unattended or use kerosene or. You can use an electric heating pad hair dryer space heater or warm towel or rag. The water lines to the laundry room in the back of my house are encased in the foundation slab. They come up an exterior wall to inside spigots that connect with hoses to the washer.