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[cheriere]

What a morning it's been!  When we got up early this morning it was -2 degrees outside and 54 inside, BRRR!!!  Luckily, we have a few space heaters in the building for emergencies like this.  

Turns out, the natural gas line at the well located at the other piece of property across the road "froze up."  (We own the well)  My dad and his brother had to go down and do what he refers to as "bleeding" the line.  Apparently, the cold temperatures cause condensation and increased air to form that must be drained off or the gas will not travel up the lines to the heat/air unit.  

I was nervous for him the whole time they were down there.  They're certainly not young men anymore.  I wish he'd have let me go to watch.  One day, I'm gonna have to know how to do things like this myself.  Frankly though, the thoughts of it terrifies me.  Have any of you ever had this kind of thing to happen?

[catter70]

No, I never knew anything like that could happen. Sounds scary. No burst pipes in the house, I hope. It was a balmy 12 here in my part of Pa. and it seemed to take forever for the house to kinda get warm. Hope you are all safe.

[SandySparkles]

😲 WOW! I have never had that happen and am SO sorry this happened during this arctic chill we are enduring!!!🥶 I think it is an EXCELLENT idea for them to teach you the ropes if it is not a difficult task, in the event they are not home IF it happens again; fingers crossed it does not!!🤞🤞

I hope you are COMFY and WARM now!🤞😊🔥

~~~All we need is LOVE💖

[MamaWick]

@cheriere  hopefully y'all will have a good weather warmup very soon.  

[cheriere]

@catter70   No, thankfully it doesn't effect the pipes or anything.  But it's always scary!  I can only remember this happening a couple of times since they built the home.  It always happens down the hill and across the street from the house at the point of the actual gas well itself.  I'm going to mention to him contacting the company who leases the well from him.  It seems to me that something to better cover this part of the line might need to be added.  I'll wait a little while before mentioning this though because he's still quite aggravated about having to go through all this...plus, he thinks I'm an idiot whenever it comes to household "man" jobs like this lol.  Yes, he's from that generation lol.

[cheriere]

@SandySparkles   @MamaWick   Thank you so much 😊. It's definitely been a crazy morning around here lol.  It is supposed to warm up a little, but not much until next week.  I don't think the line should give anymore trouble again though.  It isn't supposed to be as cold as it was and usually once the line has been "bled" it lasts.

[Marp]

@cheriere,  your household "man" jobs comment brought back a memory. 

When I was a kid dad had a lot more patience with me when it came to "man" jobs than he did with my brother.

I was an opportunity to teach; brother was apparently expected to have innate knowledge.

[SandySparkles]

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@cheriere wrote:

@SandySparkles   @MamaWick   Thank you so much 😊. It's definitely been a crazy morning around here lol.  It is supposed to warm up a little, but not much until next week.  I don't think the line should give anymore trouble again though.  It isn't supposed to be as cold as it was and usually once the line has been "bled" it lasts.

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That is reassuring news!👍 You are most welcome!🥰

~~~All we need is LOVE💖

[cheriere]

@Marp   lol that's a great point!  I'm certain my dad would've shared that exact philosophy if I'd had a brother.  Unfortunately though, patience has never been one of his strong suits.  But I'm gonna have to learn to do these things for myself.  I sure hope I can get him to understand this...but it won't be today lol.  

[chessylady]

Sometimes, if you can afford it,it is better to hire someone to do those types of jobs.