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PLUMBING ANSWERS - SPECIFIC TO FIXTURE => Water Piping: Copper | Plastic | PEX | Galvanized | Steel | Polybutylene | CPVC | PVC => Topic started by: DUNBAR PLUMBING on January 23, 2011, 04:32:50 PM
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Dunbar Plumbing was called out to a duplex rental property on lyndale drive in edgewood kentucky. This road is near Turkeyfoot middle school on Turkeyfoot road. This emergency call came in saturday the 22nd from an out of state property owner. The complaint was "busted water lines in the ceiling in the garage" and that the water to the 1st floor was turned off.
When we arrived today, the attendent representing the property owner's best interest was shocked by the revelation that a garage door had been opened for months, allowing not only cold air but a large amount of leaves inside on the floor. This allowed the water lines to freeze inside the building, causing the damage to the water lines that were subjected to freezing.
The main shutoff was located on the front wall underneath a set of steps and when we turned the water back on to make sure there was only one location where the water was leaking, numerous locations in the ceiling started to leak water, cascading down to the floor. We advised the customer on the phone along with the attendant that was present to allow us to reschedule for tomorrow, asking them to open up the ceilings and expose all the broken water lines and get the room heated so all the piping has the ability to unthaw. We are expected to return when this work is accomplished and possibly reinsulate the piping in the ceiling, once the pipe leaks are repaired.
Pictures and Video are going to be taken on this job for insurance reasons and we'll be sure to share this here on this thread and on youtube.
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