Thaw (Help Prevent) Frozen Pipes in Mobile Home 🥶

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[@lyndabuchholz1216]

I have insulated my skirting very well and use heat tapes. I haven't had a freeze problem with all that. I am in Montana and we were minus 24 and no problem. I have my heat taped plugged into a thermo cube so it automatically starts and stops with that cube. I used to run the water at a drip and had my septic freeze up. So the heat tape is a blessing.

[@donnawade5787]

I am in Iowa in a mobile home on 6 acres. We did have 1 faucet that was frozen. I used a hair dryer and then a lamp under the sink that left it on and around 11 at night it became unfrozen. I was so happy. My husband has been working 12 hours a day and I did it by myself.

[@TheSteamyDab]

Over here in Michigan I didn’t prepare for our usual cold and now I have to pay the price. I appreciate you help.

[@Engineer_Eric_59]

Thank you for posting. Upstate NY in a nice late 80's Mobile home which I change out the heat tape every 5 years. Great stuff.

[@DeeDee-wg8si]

I love y'alls channel. We are also on 1.5 acres in a mobile home but in eastern N.C. It's nice to see all the possibilities available for a modest size homestead with a realistic budget. Ty!

[@enchilada1956]

As a southern Californian, I knew you would save that water!!

[@susannielsen8688]

Same here! Is the Einkorn flour gluten-free?

[@lvs6775]

@@susannielsen8688 No, it still has gluten although not as much as hybridized wheat. There have been people been people with gluten intolerance who have been able to consume it without issues similar to people who are able to drink raw milk though they may have had an intolerance to pasteurized milk (it lacks the digestible enzymes). Every individual is different of course.

[@danielafurlan322]

YES, in did....Californias get that scares when is close to dry season. I miss Cali, however to expensive to stay there, now I am in the South west of Ohio.

[@MKCarol-ms7lg]

Leaving a trickle of water has been known to freeze up a drain pipe. Once, when our heat tape failed, I just removed the frozen section of pipe and brought it into the kitchen and thawed it over the heat register. Trailers are FUN!

[@MitchellJames_Snowl]

Thanks for the guide. We are having a freeze here. I live in Clinton, TN. Woke up this morning to no water. I am assuming our pipes are frozen somewhere. My first time experiencing this so here I go. Wish me luck.

[@dianwilliams3038]

North Wales Uk, thanks for sharing, found you guys through the Rhodes family, our weather has been cold for us, nothing like your low temperatures your having, keep warm stay safe,

[@MJ-wz6jo]

Straw bales around all skirting can help

[@kylerstowe6665]

I can attest to the wonders of heat tape! We have a summer cabin that yearly had busted pipes from freezing in the winter. Since we installed heat tape not one busted pipe.

[@margaretfoster492]

Keep an eye on you septic when you run water in the cold. It can freeze your septic

[@dirtystreetbros640]

I like how it went from pipes to food love it bro 😂👌🏼

[@re1100]

Man I love y’all, once I get my homestead established here in Texas y’all are coming over

[@patriotmama]

Have all your faucets turned to "warm water" and it just needs to be at a fast drip. Also, open the doors under your sink in the kitchen and bathrooms. The heat from your house will help keep the pipes open. Works in South Central Il when our farm is under a blizzard and the wind chills are down to around 20 to 30 below out here on the prairie.

[@gaylewatkins4685]

Thank you for sharing these tips on protecting your water pipes. Great information for everyone. Stay warm.

[@suzieclary3328]

I'm programmed. As soon as I hear that classic 50s music I expect to hear and see "Fuzzy Muggins" and "Berniece". Haha!

[@johncoleman2332]

I live in northeastern Pennsylvania with a mobile home, I've had heat tape in the past and you'll never know when it fails. We use Old reliable we drip the hot water and cold water in the kitchen sink when it gets real cold ! Now we're going down to 2° tonight Fahrenheit so on top of the dripping water in the kitchen sink you also have to keep your drain line from freezing so we put rock salt down about every hour ! Believe me it's no fun throwing out your drain line in your mobile home when it's 10° out and now you got a 15 ft long popsicle ! This way you never have to worry about the heat tape failing !!!

[@MJ-wz6jo]

Heat tape where you know you have a issue insulation on pipes a must.

[@sukochilee4770]

Gotta do it!

[@seek2find]

Here in Canada the mobile homes all use heat tape for water pipes and sewers. We also thickly insulate every skirt and seal them thoroughly from any air leaks.

[@AviaryBirdsAndCo]

Had a flash back when you mentioned the brothers! Great videos!

[@deborahkelley8641]

Lorraine everything looks perfect, great video Jason. 🙏from VA

[@yellowdeer7163]

I hope you have a Generator in case you have to keep your refrigerator and freezer going. My nephew in San Antonio lost all their food in their refrigerator and also have no water. The area they are at has the water plant shut down. It is a nightmare for many people.

[@tonygrego347]

Good morning first and foremost I can tell that you're a God-fearing family praise God. Great video content very pleasant to listen to and a lovely family. I live in Northeast Florida and believe it or not it got to the high twenties yesterday. I live in a single wide and I have water but not hot water. I'm really not much of a handyman, basic stuff, could you help me how to troubleshoot this please? Many blessings and Merry Christmas

[@janicezwart6641]

Be careful leaving your water at a trickle because there is a danger of your main sewer line freezing. I only speak from experience. Thank you for the tips.

[@greenacrebirds]

You are the best Jason

[@davidb9271]

I really like the Aframe

[@vichaven1795]

Heat tape is temperature activated,so leave it connected all year long. JUST IN CASE... love the vids, man

[@angeliawills9956]

Space heater to thaw then wrap with pipe insulation then wrap with heat tape and if it’s super cold leave dripping a small stream to keep flow and then it don’t freeze

[@TandBKount]

Great tips.. as for the water, you can trickle at much lower amount. I learned 1 drip per second and it's always worked for me. I grew up in Northern MI and currently live in Central Texas for over a decade. During our current extreme winter storms I've been lucky to have water and have two of my faucets dripping at 1 drip/second and have not had frozen pipes, temps as low as 3°F. I have made sure to drip the hot and the cold taps each on the bathroom sink faucet furthest away from supply lines and the bathroom closest to supply lines (again both hot tap and cold tap at a rate of 1drip/second or slightly more, it's hard to be too exact) I check on them every 2-6hours to make sure they're still dripping and have had to adjust several times over the last week.

[@makeitkate3240]

Also a good idea to leave a faucet running just a tiny bit if temperatures are too low.

[@chelemichele1524]

Winter tips 👍 All caught up😁 Have a good evening ❄❄❄

[@ThreeLittleGoats]

We had 12 inches here in Arkansas. We had negative temps at night, and our pipes froze, thankful that we had heat tape on hand because we are still snowed in. 🥶 We also set up an alarm for every 2 hours throughout the night to get up and run our water at each faucet.

[@beverlycastor8675]

I truly enjoy your videos and love the cooking videos with Penelope and loraine god bless you and your family.

[@TheCookster64]

I need to install heat tape on my main line, it froze over the winter. I'm going to try and dig down as far as I can around the line and run the heat tape down there as well. I'm also going to do the outflow lines underneath them.

[@flyingpigpreserve8562]

You can Put The Blue Foam Insulation on the Door which also helps keep pipes from freezing. Your learning just takes time. God Bless and Peace Be With You All

[@Troupe112]

We use pool noddles cut them to length, split them in lenght and place around the pipes. Then wrap in old jeans and wrap in a coated dog food sack to keep from getting wet. We have never had to leave our water running. That is if we do not lose our electricity. We are one of the areas that never lost power during the Texas Winter Snow Storms Uri and Viola 2021!!! We had as low as -3°f temps at night. If the power goes off, that is a whole different game plan. Winter does not play.

[@jenniemerkley2963]

Good video, but I have just a couple of comments. You only need a fast drip of water running. I have separate hot/cold lines and I make sure both are dripping (except last night when I forgot and it got down to 9). Also, under my mobile home, the white pvc pipe is a drain line. The water lines are inside of the insulation, covered by the vapor barrier. (We have had pipe problems before because of the type of pipes used in our home, so the vapor barrier has been compromised.) It might help if you build a ‘box’ around the pressure tank and pipe area and only insulate that small space. Just having less air moving down there helps a lot. Wind can cause pipes to freeze when they wouldn’t just from the temperature.

[@RobertVosburg]

A trickle is fine you just need a little bit of water flowing. Safety tip: DON'T use a torch to thaw out the pipes. you can start a fire. Use a hair dryer, small space heater or heat tape.

[@franko2026]

God bless you and your beautiful family!

[@Anchored_Homestead]

Thats what we do, leave the water trickle or dripping depending on the temperatures.

[@uberchaz11]

love you guys... surviving the best way you know how. please keep keeping it real. thumbs up!

[@vinnydiazgutti9077]

Food looks delicious 😋

[@poopoohead8616]

I know you're not from this area well I'm not from there either but I've lived farther north but you always leave the cold water trickling cuz I'm running water doesn't freeze and you always open up your cabinets under your sinks even put a space heater blowing that way it really helps keep them from freezing and never use a blowtorch. It's just very common since things when you live in an area with a lot of cold weather

[@missylearned9821]

Beautiful family.

[@Budijonoto]

Greeting from Scheveningen the Netherlands 👍

[@HOLLESjr]

MAKE SURE THAT THE HEAT TAPE's are safe to use on PLASTIC PIPES. mine caught on fire but they was wrapped with fiber glass insulation and only burned the pipes up. please be careful.

[@colliecoform4854]

Those of us in the North know all about heat tape, insulation, etc. leaving your faucets on just a trickle works. Welcome to the frigid north.

[@scottj9371]

... just need a constant drip. Works up in Canada. The water doesn’t freeze if it is moving in the pipes.

[@estellaknox4488]

Love is the key

[@brianwood586]

Hope your sewer and grey water pipes are on a bit of a slope so they flow better no water laying around

[@billyrusso3563]

Good video brother. Nice family too.

[@CodyBlankenship1996]

Use a torpedo heater where your water shit off valves are and work back and forth and you’ll have water again

[@MommaOG]

Sending prayers 🙏

[@brianwood586]

Whe we lived in a trailer there was a trap sliding doorwhere hot water tank was lifted it up and faced a fan into belly of trailer with heat from the living part of trailer thawed out fast also with heat tape on -35 Celsius or lower weather hear in manitoba

[@maryturner3534]

You can vent your clothes dryer under the house in winter to help keep pipes and home warmer.

[@ascosche]

Mine froze already this year 😩 I used a heated blanket to heat it up lol 😆

[@MommaOG]

Tortillas sound good looks yummy guys🙂

[@BigDreamsTinyBudget]

Yup former Californian here, it took me years to learn to flush a toilet and take longer showers hahaha

[@thejewmaicans743]

Hi Jason you guys should get a couple of goat 🐐 I am sure Lovely Lorraine would make cheese 🧀🇯🇲🇮🇱🇨🇦

[@tylerangel4073]

What is the stuff you rapped the tank with?

[@janetwithers7427]

Stay warm and snug. Texans could use some your good tips. 💖

[@natashaspudville1170]

You do do a slower stream but if you're concerned always better to be safe than sorry

[@deborahwilson6116]

Hi I realize this video is couple years ago but I'm wondering did you do a video of the wood stove installation?

[@SowtheLand]

yes. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJraiYJ-edt4j5o

[@mildredwebster2822]

How often is heat tape replaced that is installed underneath a mobilehome

[@jbbrown7907]

I got a kick out of all this. I cone from Northern New Hampshire. First graders know all this.

[@colliecoform4854]

Same. Our first house was in upstate NY. We learned fast that first winter. Also we had well water but an electric pump and we lost power so the time. First thing we did if there was a thunder storm or snow, high winds was fill the bathtub, sinks, etc. so we had water. This was long before bottled water was a "thing"!

[@debbee3319]

Maybe your hubby could make you a crepe spreader😉and sell them. 👍

[@dianemyers509]

How do you run heat tape if you have NO electric??

[@jimmieburleigh9549]

Heat trace/tape and gray pool noodle insulate everything for next time.

[@GreatNastyNate]

Thank you. This was the best video I found on this.

[@LookInDJProduction]

Any link fór this heating cable ?? THX...

[@dannyreg8405]

I like your channel as well, but no one can give me a straight answer to this question. The question is this. I have temp sensors under my mobile home (1 in front and 1 in the back) of my double wide. I live in SC but the weather here has been crazy for sure. According to my sensors, the temp outside of the house is 32 degrees, but in my crawlspace, the temp is between 50 and above. My pipes are NOT exposed, except near the first sensor where it is just covered. Can my pipes still freeze? Thank you for your answer in advance.

[@charlieburns1385]

I've heard that trickle water to your drain lines can cause your drain lines to freeze and would become a bigger problem?!

[@survivalprephomestead5063]

Where did you get the wood stove heater

[@Brenda-vc5ku]

I’ve been living in a mobile home park for 16 years. I’ve never had frozen pipes until now! I have had heat tape all this time, but this freeze, it failed. I read that I should shut off the water main before it starts to thaw so the pipes don’t burst and spew water all over. No one ever told me where the main water valve is! How do I find it? I imagine it’s under ground, right? I need to know ASAP because we’re supposed to be getting warmer temps tomorrow or next day!

[@gerardoluna5383]

DON'T over wrap with the heat tape, can cause fire or burn out

[@user-pm9fm1dk9v]

A plumber said to never keep your faucets, running in a mobile home, because this happened to a friend of ours last winter and their sewer completely froze because of the freezing temps. The water just kept adding to the sewer and freezing up. So not recommended in mobile homes

[@ana-silviajones8704]

I am gluten free and I would love to have the recipe, please. Thank you!!!

[@Icantbelievethat420]

Can I put heat tape running up and down the main s*** tube that runs the entire trailer at the bottom it's a double wide

[@thegameofjones8588]

🤦🏽‍♀️our pipes have been frozen for 4 days!!! We are in a double wide in Texas but of course we now live on a ice glacier!!! I have 30 Cornish Cross chicks in my dining room in a brooder tub next to 12 layer chicks, who would’ve thought Texas would been the new Alaska.

[@AXESMI]

Iowa here. We have heat tape on our pipes but it freezes at the water meter. Cannot get it to unfreeze. I put insulation on it last year. Still seems to have frozen up. Do I need to remove the insulation for the heat to get to the pipes?

[@LeoSwagger]

Thank you sir

[@cherylbertolini3140]

good afternoon

[@mildredwebster2822]

Very nice

[@michelleackerson4524]

Hey Jason...maybe instead of "unfreezing" the pipes you could simply "thaw" them? ;-)

[@janetrowe186]

How to install the heat tape onto my pipes????

[@linda-mariestephens3719]

Charlotte from Ky.🙂

[@Tooniepie]

What kind and where do y’all get your flour from, please?

[@2ndSprings]

GREAT CONTENT TODAY! :-) Thank you!

[@jeanettesilhouette5678]

If your heat tape works, you don't have to run the water. You don't want to freeze your sewer line pipes.

[@janetrowe186]

Plz help!!! My pipes are all wrapped in 2 different insulation plus plastic around.each one is tapped on.all the way to the house..how to wrap tape around pipe with plastic..?????

[@margiebooher5998]

You just need to have a small drip of the hot water only when temperature goes to 10 degrees

[@janetrowe186]

My pump is on.my water faucet on half way.so ??

[@debsmith8936]

Thank you for sharing 👍God’s Blessings to you and your wonderful family 🎚♥️🙏

[@petrasbbz2572]

Nice im what to buy mobile house in Lithuanian that rilly hellp my alot thanks

[@SowtheLand]

Glad I could help

[@melissaatwood2998]

One of ours broke. Bummer.

[@batpherlangkharkrang7976]

Hi..... 🎥👍👍👍

[@InsideTraderNancy]

I've read somewhere that gluten is actually good for most people. It helps your body absorb nutrients. I always see people using gluten free and wondered why. But to each their own I guess.

[@Bluediesal1978]

Heat tape is a huge fire Hazzard! Mobile homes especially! Just dont use them. Unless u wanna have a burned down home, most fire departments dont recommend u using them, most of their fire calls are from heat tape, mice chew on them alot

[@lewismessina8449]

Thank you for this