Like others have said the pipe is too near the surface. There also maybe a leak from the pipe or surrounding environment allowing thermal transfer.
To cure look for those clues between the dwelling and the supply leave any taps open and heat the ground with a roofers torch burner quite cheap from machine mart. Too protect from freezing again cover with insulation as a temporary fix. Long term fix any leaks, lower pipe, insulate pipe, surround pipe in pea single Good luck Phil "andy pugh" <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: >I am at my parents' house for christmas. The water supply pipe is >frozen, somewhere underground and we have no water. This is putting >rather a crimp on things. > >Is there a well-known solution to this problem? It is a somewhat >unusual supply, being a private, communal supply fed from a spring >into a cistern. The cistern is not frozen, and we think that other >houses in the hamlet are OK. (Which at least limits how much pipe we >might have to dig up to warm up.) > >The pipes are plastic, so the idea of resistive heating is probably >out. > >-- >atp >"Torque wrenches are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of >wise men" > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Learn how Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) One Node allows >customers >to consolidate database storage, standardize their database >environment, and, >should the need arise, upgrade to a full multi-node Oracle RAC database > >without downtime or disruption >http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl >_______________________________________________ >Emc-users mailing list >Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn how Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) One Node allows customers to consolidate database storage, standardize their database environment, and, should the need arise, upgrade to a full multi-node Oracle RAC database without downtime or disruption http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
