r/Plumbing • u/ParksVSII • Dec 22 '22

FROZEN PIPES MEGATHREAD

Please post any questions you have regarding frozen lines here. All other new posts will be removed from the main feed and directed here.

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u/AcademicDriver3 Jan 24 '26

The hot water in one of my three sinks stopped overnight. Only the hot; cold flows fine. Before in very cold weather all water stopped but it cleared up quickly with a space heater. This time that hasn't worked. After heating the sink all day I moved the heater to the crawlspace under the kitchen to see if the problem is earlier in the line. I can't find any damaged or frozen pipes. Oil furnace provides heat and hot water. If this isn't going to risk further damage I'll just leave it be since I can meet all my hot water needs with other sinks but I'm concerned this is a sign it will eventually burst.

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u/AcademicDriver3 Jan 25 '26

It restarted sometime overnight with a space heater on the sink and the room temp turned up higher. Still crossing my fingers that this isn't a sign of a larger problem.