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January 19, 2009
Burst Boiler AND Frozen Pipes?
Hi Everyone,
Hoping for your help again!
I appear to have a bust hot water boiler and so there is no hot water in the two rental apartments in my brownstone. At the same time as the hot water went there was also no cold water. Are the two related? I guess that the hot water pipes may run near the cold water and stop them freezing but it seems a little odd to me. The basement and the home is warm. I would be grateful for any help in problem solving. My plumber says it is just coincidence the two things happened together and I have 2 completely separate problems (but he hasn't come around yet).
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Aussie...haven't heard from you in awhile. Sorry it had to be this. They probably are two separate events...the cold water pipe froze. Hot water heaters don't usually have a "freeze" issue but they don't usually "burst" either...usually just start leaking at the base.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 19, 2009 11:36 AM
Hi Dave, yeah I have left town ...now in Asia and having the placed looked after. The boiler is leaking at the base like you say, so it is being replaced no water is coming out of the hot water taps or the cold water taps. Strange that they have frozen (all the heating has stayed on) but sods law that the first time is when I'm away.
Posted by: Aussie at January 19, 2009 11:55 AM
Aussie;
They are separate events, but probably both related to the cold weather. You probably had already developed a slight leak in the HW boiler, but it was ripped open by the extended extreme temperatures of recent weeks. In the case of the CW pipes, they probably just froze up.
Good luck. If you are having trouble finding a plumber who will respond quickly, I would recommend Vigilante Plumbing.
Posted by: benson at January 19, 2009 12:56 PM
sounds like you are talking about a hot water heater instead of a hot water boiler..it rotted out from the sound of it.. you probably have cold air leaking into the basement near the cold water feed to the building causing the cold water stoppage, a totally different problem..
Posted by: eman1234 at January 19, 2009 7:25 PM
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