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Post by Jim on Jan 16, 2020 11:32:33 GMT
Going home today for a week. Just checked and the forecast has changed to show minus temperatures for the weekend ... bloody typical. Still I don't think it will be cold enough for long enough to cause any damage, but I would have been happier with the 2 to 4 degrees overnight it was originally forecasting. I usually take the water pump off, but I think I'll just turn off the water and open the taps. I suppose we can always come down on Saturday and stay overnight, lighting the fire Rog Are you going home to avoid the temptation of drink? When I leave boat in freezing conditions I always turn off the water to the pump and run the taps till dry. It’s always worked for me and it hasn’t damaged the pump. same here. I have a clear plastic vertical riser teed off between tank and pump, with a tap at the top. It works as a level indicator - floating ball inside - but if I open that, turn tank off and run pump it pumps air through the system.
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Post by lollygagger on Jan 16, 2020 11:34:10 GMT
Normally alcohol free I'm doing "Havingafewdrinksuary. I've got another bottle of Brandy because it's sort of Christmassy and we're still making/eating mince pies.
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Post by Telemachus on Jan 16, 2020 11:34:11 GMT
Going home today for a week. Just checked and the forecast has changed to show minus temperatures for the weekend ... bloody typical. Still I don't think it will be cold enough for long enough to cause any damage, but I would have been happier with the 2 to 4 degrees overnight it was originally forecasting. I usually take the water pump off, but I think I'll just turn off the water and open the taps. I suppose we can always come down on Saturday and stay overnight, lighting the fire Rog Are you going home to avoid the temptation of drink? When I leave boat in freezing conditions I always turn off the water to the pump and run the taps till dry. It’s always worked for me and it hasn’t damaged the pump. We disconnect the inlet to the pump then run the pump for a while with various taps open in sequence, to blow most of the water out of the system. We haven’t really had a hard winter since 2010/2011 but if we did, I’m not sure a pump full of water would survive in an unheated boat.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2020 15:58:57 GMT
Used to do what you say ianali until winter of 2010 when about six plastic joints blew and also the water pump. Since then I've always removed the pump. I think (hope) it'll be fine for a few days with tank turned off and taps run and left open. The day time temps are fine, just overnight Sat/Sun now showing -2. Out for a 21st birthday meal tonight ... driving so not drinking won't be an issue. Seems easier not drinking at home, but you're in and out the car so much the opportunity's restricted. Rog
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Post by Telemachus on Jan 16, 2020 16:15:20 GMT
Out for a 21st birthday meal tonight ... Rog Who are you trying to kid!!!??
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Post by Telemachus on Jan 16, 2020 16:16:28 GMT
I think (hope) it'll be fine for a few days with tank turned off and taps run and left open. The day time temps are fine, just overnight Sat/Sun now showing -2. Rog
I sure it will be. The canal water is still relatively warm. Well I hope it is, because it will be problematic if we get frozen in in Birmingham!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2020 16:36:19 GMT
I think (hope) it'll be fine for a few days with tank turned off and taps run and left open. The day time temps are fine, just overnight Sat/Sun now showing -2. Rog
I sure it will be. The canal water is still relatively warm. Well I hope it is, because it will be problematic if we get frozen in in Birmingham!
More fun to get frozen-in OUT of Birmingham ... then you wouldn't have to sit through the dancing Enjoy the show. Rog
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2020 18:15:36 GMT
I suspect that getting properly frozen in might be a thing of the past due to the average temperature rises.
Things aren't like they used to be.
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Post by Trina on Jan 16, 2020 20:13:36 GMT
We got wellllll frozen in in Brum a good few years ago(2010?).Got back into Brum after spending Christmas & New Year around Alvechurch/top of Tardebigge & then got iced in.Paul stayed on the boat & I went home as had to go back to school.We weren't able to get back to our mooring at the top of Titford for a couple of weeks !
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2020 21:45:10 GMT
1997 was the last big freeze down south that I remember. Canal froze on Boxing day and we finally got moving again on the 1st Feb. Day time temps did not get above freezing for 3 weeks and the ice was 8" thick.......
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2020 21:55:33 GMT
That was cold.
I was moored by the water point above Cookham lock (Thames) that winter. Friendly lock keeper and all that. That on my NB called Tiger. I've got a photo somewhere. The entire lock cut was frozen quite thick and some of the actual river was iced up as well.
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Post by JohnV on Jan 17, 2020 7:40:41 GMT
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Post by peterboat on Jan 17, 2020 9:56:05 GMT
I bought this boat in the big freeze of 2010 it was months before i could take my old boat down to Mercia and bring this one back!! I ran the Bubble stove on this one with a dehumidifier for the whole time to dry this one out, they had supposedly drained this one down but hadnt done it properly so it cost them to do the repairs to split pipework! I remember I had bought some chep bio diesel that had failed but worked really good in the bubble stoves think it was 10p a litre bargain had 2000 litres of it
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Post by phil70 on Jan 17, 2020 11:28:57 GMT
Some years ago, not sure when, the temperature dropped overnight to -19c and though the inside of the boat was toasty we noticed the steel front doors had frost creeping in where they met despite good draught proofing. As the night progressed more frost crept in. This was surprising as the stove is right near the stove. Phil
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2020 11:54:36 GMT
We 'enjoyed' heavy snow whilst moored at Braunston, I think in 2009 ... didn't seem so bad as we were on the boat and walking ... snow's an issue when you have to drive. The freeze when the boat sustained the damaged pipe connectors and pump was 2010 (I think). The damage occured whilst the boat was stood empty, and discovered as we moved back on board, however a tug fronted boat on the residential moorings had their water tank feed to their pump freeze up ... and they were living aboard. I recall them trying to thaw stuff with a hair drier Later that winter we were frozen in for over a week at Long Itchington (in the sense of choosing not to ice break, rather than unable to do so). I don't mind the ice and snow if we're afloat and the boats warm ... it's when we have to leave it empty the cold weather is a worry. Rog
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