Weather

[poliphilo]

And today I turned on the same tap- the hot tap in the kitchen-  and nothing came out at all.  If I want to wash up I'll have to boil the water in a kettle.

We used to have heating in the kitchen to prevent this sort of thing,  but when we had the new units put in we took the radiator out- which was stupid, wasn't it?

When Odi was leaving yesterday we had a snowball fight.

A few minutes ago Ailz called down from her eyrie and drew my attention to a line of very dark cloud along the western horizon. Did I think it was weather or a big fire? I stepped out into the street to take a better look. It was definitely weather. 

And then the snow began to fall. 

Comments

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Electric heat tape is new to me. It could be well worth looking into.

It's only the one tap that's frozen. It's fed by a pipe that runs along an outside wall. I'll proabbly leave it to thaw out in its own sweet time.

We're on the edge of the weather system. other parts of the country have been hit far worse.

[karenkay.livejournal.com]

I'd worry about it bursting.

Plumbers who design outdoor pipes should be shot. Or made to stay outdoors in the cold until they thaw...

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

It's our fault. The pipe is where it is because we wanted the sink moving from its original position. It was a bad plan all round- and if we ever have the money I'll move things back the way they were before.