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BCClone

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Yeah, but I’d have to tear the wall down to get to them.

The pipes will open up on their own next week when it’s warmer. Until then, we’re all taking *****’s baths.
Didn’t know if you could reach up from the basement as much as you could and if that would do the trick. Know one guy who asked the hardware guy if he could shove it down the water line and have it warm it up enough and keep pushing it down. I told him that before he did that to let me walk him over to the insurance agent and I was going to take some life insurance out on him.
 
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At end of the season, when I move it to the back or the farm, I fire it up, turn off the gas and let it run itself out of gas. Avoid ethanol fuel also. Do those and you should be fine the next year if you didn’t have a completely full gas tank at the end.
I alwasy let it run then shut off the fuel valve and let it burn everything out of the carb before I shut it off.

I think maybe I use ethanol though so maybe that's my issue. I've had it for 4 years now though and disnt have issues until the last 2 years.
 

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id tear that drywall out in 5 seconds, i dont give a crap about drywall if it was in between hot water and nada

somehow my 30 year old snowblower starts once again, no idea how, i do pour in a shot of fuel stabilizer here and there and take it into the small engine people every 3 or 4 years to do whatever they do
 

enisthemenace

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Didn’t know if you could reach up from the basement as much as you could and if that would do the trick. Know one guy who asked the hardware guy if he could shove it down the water line and have it warm it up enough and keep pushing it down. I told him that before he did that to let me walk him over to the insurance agent and I was going to take some life insurance out on him.
I’ve had numerous plumbers over since and they all say the same thing. The pipes are covered, so there isn’t much they can do without tearing the wall(s) down.

At least one plumber thinks the issue is that they ran the lines in the bulkhead, so it would be walls AND ceiling that would need torn out. Essentially, i paid this ass hat to finish my basement, and I’m going to have to pay someone else to tear it down and do it again.

It’s just really frustrating.
 

BCClone

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I’ve had numerous plumbers over since and they all say the same thing. The pipes are covered, so there isn’t much they can do without tearing the wall(s) down.

At least one plumber thinks the issue is that they ran the lines in the bulkhead, so it would be walls AND ceiling that would need torn out. Essentially, i paid this ass hat to finish my basement, and I’m going to have to pay someone else to tear it down and do it again.

It’s just really frustrating.
Our local ambulance shed had this same issue. Thankfully ours was in the laundry room and it was not a house. We cut a 6” square in the wall where we thought about half way up was, and just the gap in the wall left enough heat in to keep them thawed.
 

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After 30 minutes of getting the blower warmed up, fired right off. Nice light fluffy stuff. Didn’t feel as cold as the wind chill is saying. Probably going to leave it until Saturday.
 

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This kind of storm with all of the ingredients it has (huge swath, every type of winter ingredient (snow, ice, wind, dangerous cold) is way worse than like a 9” snow dump with no wind and Sun the next day.
Agree. It's pretty huge. And it's hitting us pretty hard right now. I don't know how cold, but very (for here). I'm getting soft! And 'horizontal' snow, strong winds.
 

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I’ve had numerous plumbers over since and they all say the same thing. The pipes are covered, so there isn’t much they can do without tearing the wall(s) down.

At least one plumber thinks the issue is that they ran the lines in the bulkhead, so it would be walls AND ceiling that would need torn out. Essentially, i paid this ass hat to finish my basement, and I’m going to have to pay someone else to tear it down and do it again.

It’s just really frustrating.
How about cutting some holes in the bulkhead and ceiling and then covering the holes up with duct grill covers? Anything to let some inside warm air behind there. Here's a nifty grill with motors in it to move air. Just have some grills without motors and some with. That would circulate warm air in the enclosed space.

https://www.amazon.com/AC-Infinity-...9Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=
 
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