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Originally posted by ridewv:
I bet plumbers in Texas are swamped!

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Originally posted by Mustang-PaPa:
We have done ok so far with limited rolling blackouts on power. Water has been on until earlier today and the whole area is down and with be in a boil water until further notice if and when it comes back on.
People on the community FB page have been complaining about everything under the sun. No mail, no trash pickup, no power, no water and can’t get out cause of the roads. Man are they in for it when everything thaws out and the water comes back on. The water leaks and damage from the water will be the next issue for them.
We just don't see these cold freezing temps for this long and most homes aren't built for the freezing temps.
Seen long cold temps several times before in this home and the only issues were a bathroom since with plumbing on the outside wall froze and stopped flowing but never broke any pipes. Just opened the cabinet doors to allow heat to the fixture and wall and all was good.
This time we just opened the doors and left it running.

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Originally posted by flashguy:
I had a broken pipe under the kitchen sink and my first floor is flooded. My Handyman is here and working on it. I do have a work order in to ServPro for them to come do it properly.

flashguy

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Originally posted by P-220:
I cannot imagine the number of people in the trades who will be needed in Texas, to repair all the damage. I suspect there is months, if not years of work to be done.

I feel absolutely terrible for the people of Texas.

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Originally posted by Jimbo Jones:
Heard on news that there are lines for food, water, gas...but likely only in the major metro areas.

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Friends and neighbors are reporting that the line at Home Depot (2 different parts of Houston) is 3 hours to even get into the plumbing aisle. That's just to look and see if they actually have what you need.

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Originally posted by Patrick-SP2022:

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Friends and neighbors are reporting that the line at Home Depot (2 different parts of Houston) is 3 hours to even get into the plumbing aisle. That's just to look and see if they actually have what you need.

I feel lucky.
On Tuesday morning we had 2 burst pipes on the outside of the house.
Went to the local Lowes on 290 in Cypress and was able to get what I needed for an immediate repair.
Just under 2 hours for the work, plus an hour for the roundtrip to the store.

And just as lucky, the power came back on while I was at the store.

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Originally posted by tatortodd:
It's a manifold. Great for isolating and doing work.

The downside is efficiency. Let's say that you have a full bathroom located between the water heater and kitchen. With the manifold set-up, there would be a separate run for each room. With the traditional set-up you would have a tee at the full bathroom and both the cold and hot water would continue to the kitchen. If you just got done doing the dishes and wanted to hop in the shower the traditional set-up would have immediate hotwater except a few feet of water between tee in ceiling and shower, but in the manifold set-up there would be no hot water between the water heater and shower so you'd have to run all of the line fill down the drain before the hot water arrived.

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Originally posted by mrvmax:

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Originally posted by tatortodd:
It's a manifold. Great for isolating and doing work.

The downside is efficiency. Let's say that you have a full bathroom located between the water heater and kitchen. With the manifold set-up, there would be a separate run for each room. With the traditional set-up you would have a tee at the full bathroom and both the cold and hot water would continue to the kitchen. If you just got done doing the dishes and wanted to hop in the shower the traditional set-up would have immediate hotwater except a few feet of water between tee in ceiling and shower, but in the manifold set-up there would be no hot water between the water heater and shower so you'd have to run all of the line fill down the drain before the hot water arrived.

I wonder if he has a hot water circulation pump built into that. One man branch with continuously circulating hot water feeding the branches as needed.