You are very welcome. It is obvious for a lot of people but it is more obvious when you have a busted pipe🤣 At least this should help someone out from a large repair bill. Thats my whole goal to help people out. Thank you for watching. I hope you had a great holiday and I wish you a Happy New Year. Have a blessed day 😁🙏🙏🙏🙏
Ohhh I like this idea. Upstairs garage apt that’s empty has no heat. I hv few clamp on desk lights and extension cords. Thanks. Houston here and we are all paranoid after that hard freeze for days and NO electricity. Yikes it was no fun at all.
In Canada, we shut the inside valve off and open the outside faucet to let water drain out. Another method is to use a frost-free faucet, where the main valve seat is located inside the house.
That is an excellent tip. Fortunately it doesn’t freeze very often in South Texas but when it does we are screwed🤣. Ive looked into those frost free faucets and they do work 100%. I guess its just easier to cover it for most people that is. Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment. My apologies for the late reply. It has been a rough last couple of months but things are starting to improve slightly. Have a blessed day and Happy Holidays to you😁😎🙏
I just wrap my outdoor faucets in hand towels - wrap the towels in saran wrap and secure them with rubber bands. Never had a problem. Do not leave the hose connected as the freezing water in the hose will conduct it's temp straight through the valve.
🤣The only issue I had was rain soaking through the cheap foam and freezing my valve. No biggie, I just put some tape around the top edge. Thank you for the comment, have a blessed day and year🙏😁😘
Nice tips. For times when it gets really cold (teens or lower) I put one of those chemical pocket warmer packets inside the facet cover you showed. Cheers.
Thats a great idea as well. Whatever to keep the pipe from freezing. I haven’t had any issues. Thank you for watching, have a blessed day and sorry for the late reply😁😎🙏
🤣😎That will work to homie. I did the same and used good ol duct tape to keep my pipe foam from getting wet etc. Thank you for watching and have a blessed night😎🙏
2:15 Waterproof tape along the cover's seal and the wall of the house around the top and sides would keep rain out. The concern though would be that it might ruin the paint on the wall, so you need a waterproof tape that's sticky but not too sticky. I think I would tape the top and sides, so that the bottom is still the original seal and any water that gets in can maybe get out.
🤣🤣🤣I had to put a Texas spin on it🤣🤣🤣 And it actually does work if that’s all you got which most Texans do🤣🤣🤣Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment. My apologies for the late reply. It has been a rough last couple of months but things are starting to improve slightly. Have a blessed day and Happy Holidays to you😁😎🙏
I clamp a work light with a 60 W incandescent bulb just below the water pipe in the basement, that leads to the faucet outside. Uses minimal electricity and keeps that 2 foot section of pipe warm. Also helps that my basement, though unheated, stays at 55 - 60 F all year long. My foundation is solid poured concrete, a monolithic wall, not block and mortar, therefore keeping the basement much warmer in winter and cooler in summer
I live in Atlanta, and last week the temp was down to about 5 degrees! The outside faucets should be replaced with those frost free faucets, if possible. Short of cutting off the water at the street, these seem like the best solution. I did see a device on Amazon that just attaches to the faucet, but have no experience with it. What do they do up North for this issue?
Oh yea, it was horrible. The snow was beautiful but NO POWER AND VERY LOW WATER PRESSURE for 3 days sucked. Good thing I had a generator going and a fire place. If you ever have to deal with a hard freeze, please cover those pipes and open up the doors under your sink. Especially if the sink is by an exterior wall. Both of mine froze last time by using that cover by itself. So if anyone reads this, make sure to wrap them up, then place the cover on. Thank you for watching FALL CHANNEL and have a blessed day and a Happy New Year😎✌️🎉🍾
Great question. Its called rubber self seal pipe wrap. Just do a quick search and you find it at a local hardware store near you. Thank you for watching , sorry for the late reply and have a blessed day🙏😎
You are very welcome. I just hope to save people from a huge bill from the plumber or spending a bunch of money on home damage. Thank you for watching and Have a blessed day and year🙏😁😎
we don't have turn valve to turn off outdoor valve just a main to handle to turn off all water and weather freezing cold out side what we do we do have a cover on it only
@@bha6691 Great question. It really all depends what part of the country you live at. I live in Houston, Texas and every now and then it could get below freezing. The cover does its job due to the inside of my pipe being inside the walls so the cover protects the valve from the outside and keeps the pipe from freezing. Ive never had an issue. Of course if you are expecting well below freezing temps for a period time then please drain those outside pipes, Thats the best option. Of course like I said, it all depends on the climate you live in. Great question. Thank you for watching and have a blessed day🙏😎
sorry but those faucet covers do work and they work well. I live in Northern New York state and I've had one of those on my outside faucet for several years and never had one freeze up. if they're used correctly they work just fine.
Thank you for that info my friend. Especially living in New York. Ive never had an issue myself. Thank you for watching , sorry for the late reply and have a blessed day🙏😎
🤣🤣🤣Thats definitely my favorite. It hasn't failed me yet🤣🤣🤣 And they come in small, medium or large for any hose valve🤣 Thank you for watching and have a blessed day and a Happy New Year😎✌️🎉🍾
I can tell you without a doubt, that what you're doing will NOT WORK to prevent your faucet from freezing. We just had 3 nights of hard freeze here in TX down to 19 degrees. I have tried those foam covers before - NOPE - I even wrapped them with more covering - NOPE! I bought a sock cover with "thinsulate" this year, put that on with more covering - NOPE. None of that works. I am now looking into heated wiring to wrap around. During Snowmageddon here 3 years ago, I let the faucet run A LOT. It still froze! But the good news is, even thought the water froze it didn't break the pipe bc the water could expand when it froze bc the valve was open. So I guess, the best thing to do in new construction is to install frost free spigots even down south!
I read a huge article they wrote a few years ago where they did a giant study on why pipes break when there are freezing temperatures. The moving water myth was not the answer it was simply because you are allowing for expansion when the water freezes in the pipes like you said. I don't sleep well when I know we are having a hard freeze, so I wake myself up every couple of hours and walk through the house and run the water full blast at every outlet for about 2 minutes. I do this on both the hot and cold lines until I get good hot water out of the hot lines and let the cold run for a couple of minutes. I flush every toilet until the tanks empty a couple of times, and if you do this every couple of hours, the water in the pipes are completely recycled with fresh water and the freeze process has to start all over again. This may sound aggravating, but it seems to work pretty well and it is nothing compared to dealing with burst pipes! If you would just do this process before you go to bed and leave all of your faucets dripping, especially the hot lines, you probably won't have much trouble. The article I read was very informational and said that the hot lines are the ones that break the most often because there is no type of valve that can open up like in a toilet supplied by cold water where the pressure from a line trying to freeze will open the tank valve just enough to let a little water expand into it. There is not anything connected to hot lines that can do this, so they break more often than cold lines.
@@TortureBot , I agree. The first thing I do in the morning is run all the taps. all the while I leave them dripping all night. I also believe that leaving faucets inside drip also helps with the outside spigots if they freeze bc this inside dripping leaves room for water expansion throughout the whole system thoughout your house. But that's just MY belief.
You are correct. When that water starts to freeze it acts like a giant piston and it pushes in both directions of the pipe. If it doesn't have room to go one way or the other something is going to pop, and that will likely be one of your valves on the inside or a weak joint.
I have a 50 year old house and I’ve always used towels and wrapped the spigots completely but I open the faucets inside to a slow drip. The sink cabinets stay open and so far I haven’t had any issues. Fingers crossed!
Thank you for watching. I shop at home depot but you should be able to find it in the home improvement section at Walmart, etc. Thank you for watching and Have a blessed day and year🙏😁😎
@@FunkyColdMedinaDIY Thank you for making these video showing different scenarios. I did not know about the covers until recently. I've wrapped my faucets with the rubber pipe and silver insulation tape for years. It stays like this all year. I just check to see if it needs replacing when a freeze is coming. I bought extra tubing for future replacement and also have waterproof gorilla tape. Will get more rubber tubing once this freeze passes and insulation tape if I can find it.
It definitely may be based where you live. If you don't have these, no biggie. Just wrap with towels and duct tape or go to your favorite fast food restaurant and grab a foam cup🤣🤣🤣Thank you for watching carrot and have a blessed day and a Happy New Year😎✌️🎉🍾
This is so unnecessary. Just turn off the valve inside related to the shut off valve and then open it up to let any excess water drain out and you're done. Why does this guy make us such a big deal about this. 2:08
Thank you for your comment. I unfortunately dont have access to that valve. This is just another option for people. Thank you for watching, have a blessed day and sorry for the late reply😁😎🙏
Thank you for your comment. I unfortunately dont have access to that valve. This is just another option for people. Thank you for watching, have a blessed day and sorry for the late reply😁😎🙏
If you cut off your spigot supply inside and drain the remaining water you shouldn't have to worry about freezing pipes. The cover would do it's job at that point
That is a good point as well my friend. That would work as well. Some people don’t want to do that and just wanted to show an alternative. Sorry for the late reply my friend. Thank you for watching and have a blessed day🙏😎
Why not use a waste valve on the inside? I live in Canada and that's the proper way to do it. Before the cold weather arrives, close the waste valve. Then open the outside valve. This will allow the water to drain out of the outside valve and connected pipe. Now there's no risk of freezing. Reverse this when the warm weather returns.
Thats a great tip depending where you live. We don’t have waste valves here in Texas. Its still in the 80s here. Ridiculous! But every now and then it will get below freezing but it wont last too long. Great advice my friend🙏Thank you for watching , sorry for the late reply and have a blessed day🙏😎
@@FunkyColdMedinaDIY They're also used on the connection to the water main. If you do any plumbing, you'll want to drain the pipes before you start work.
@ Great advice my friend. The way things are going here in Houston, ice doesn’t seem like it will be coming. 78 degrees outside today on Christmas Eve🤣🤣🤣 Crazy but we will be prepare. Thank you for the tips homie. Have a blessed day and Happy Holidays🙏😎
I think it's a disservice by saying those faucet covers do not work at your opening....that is your opinion based on past experiences. Otherwise, thank you for offering additional solutions to protect your outdoor faucets.
Agreed used mine for many many years with no problem. Disservice was definitely the right word. Good advice but not respective to a product that works tremendously well for a lot of folks.
Hello there. Yes as mentioned in the video, the valve works but is not water tight. So if it rains, water will seep through the cheap foam and could freeze your valve. Its just something to think about but just place some tape around the edge to keep rain from seeping in. Thank you for watching, have a blessed day and year😁😎🙏
We had about 48 hours of sub freezing temps in Texas a few days ago, including lows of 14 and 17. No freezes. No dripping faucets. I just wrapped the hose bibs with towels. Didn’t cover them in tape or cups or water proof material. No issues at all.
I have one faucet that is not frost free that has frozen before. It currently has an ice chest pushed over it with an oil filled heater inside. Remote thermometer indicates 77 to 126f swing. You're welcome
That would work too. I dont ill be needing this. Its still hot in Texas. 80 degrees today. Thats crazy🤣🤣Thank you for watching , sorry for the late reply and have a blessed day🙏😎
Why don’t you just turn the shut off valve INSIDE your house that feeds the outside Generally every outdoor faucet has a dedicated ball valve in the house. Then after shutting that valve OPEN the outside faucet and let the remaining water drain out Why is this so hard ?? You spend ZERO dollars and no water to freeze 😊
I appreciate the tips that may seem obvious to others, but are essential!
You are very welcome. It is obvious for a lot of people but it is more obvious when you have a busted pipe🤣 At least this should help someone out from a large repair bill. Thats my whole goal to help people out. Thank you for watching. I hope you had a great holiday and I wish you a Happy New Year. Have a blessed day 😁🙏🙏🙏🙏
We put a little desk lamp with 60w incandesant bulb in the cabinet next to the indoor pipes. works like a charm!
That will work too. Whatever to keep your pipe from freezing. Thank you for watching, have a blessed day and sorry for the late reply😁😎🙏
Ohhh I like this idea. Upstairs garage apt that’s empty has no heat. I hv few clamp on desk lights and extension cords. Thanks. Houston here and we are all paranoid after that hard freeze for days and NO electricity. Yikes it was no fun at all.
I like the Whataburger cup way 😂, thanks for the class.
🤣🤣🤣Whataburger cup has never failed me to this day🤣🤣Thank you for watching Peña and have a blessed day and a Happy New Year😎✌️🎉🍾
What is the whataburger cup way, where can I find it?
@@hopscotchkidsfunstation9134it's using a plastic fast food cup as the faucet protector
In Canada, we shut the inside valve off and open the outside faucet to let water drain out. Another method is to use a frost-free faucet, where the main valve seat is located inside the house.
Good tips from the Great White North. Thanks!
That is an excellent tip. Fortunately it doesn’t freeze very often in South Texas but when it does we are screwed🤣. Ive looked into those frost free faucets and they do work 100%. I guess its just easier to cover it for most people that is. Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment. My apologies for the late reply. It has been a rough last couple of months but things are starting to improve slightly. Have a blessed day and Happy Holidays to you😁😎🙏
I just wrap my outdoor faucets in hand towels - wrap the towels in saran wrap and secure them with rubber bands. Never had a problem.
Do not leave the hose connected as the freezing water in the hose will conduct it's temp straight through the valve.
That will work to. Just another option. Thank you for watching, have a blessed day and sorry for the late reply😁😎🙏
In texas lol we use these in detroit never had an issue
🤣The only issue I had was rain soaking through the cheap foam and freezing my valve. No biggie, I just put some tape around the top edge. Thank you for the comment, have a blessed day and year🙏😁😘
Nice tips. For times when it gets really cold (teens or lower) I put one of those chemical pocket warmer packets inside the facet cover you showed. Cheers.
That will work for a couple of hours
Great idea. 👍🏻
Thats a great idea as well. Whatever to keep the pipe from freezing. I haven’t had any issues. Thank you for watching, have a blessed day and sorry for the late reply😁😎🙏
I just wrapped it in wooly socks and then I wrapped that in one of those good plastic bags from Walmart pickup nice and tight 😎
🤣😎That will work to homie. I did the same and used good ol duct tape to keep my pipe foam from getting wet etc. Thank you for watching and have a blessed night😎🙏
2:15 Waterproof tape along the cover's seal and the wall of the house around the top and sides would keep rain out. The concern though would be that it might ruin the paint on the wall, so you need a waterproof tape that's sticky but not too sticky. I think I would tape the top and sides, so that the bottom is still the original seal and any water that gets in can maybe get out.
Great tip my friend. You da man😎Thank you for watching, sorry for the late reply and have a blessed day🙏😎
Love the Whataburger cup.
🤣🤣🤣I had to put a Texas spin on it🤣🤣🤣 And it actually does work if that’s all you got which most Texans do🤣🤣🤣Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment. My apologies for the late reply. It has been a rough last couple of months but things are starting to improve slightly. Have a blessed day and Happy Holidays to you😁😎🙏
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You are very welcome. Thank you for watching, have a blessed day and sorry for the late reply😁😎🙏
I clamp a work light with a 60 W incandescent bulb just below the water pipe in the basement, that leads to the faucet outside. Uses minimal electricity and keeps that 2 foot section of pipe warm. Also helps that my basement, though unheated, stays at 55 - 60 F all year long. My foundation is solid poured concrete, a monolithic wall, not block and mortar, therefore keeping the basement much warmer in winter and cooler in summer
Great advice. Thank you for watching, have a blessed day and sorry for the late reply😁😎🙏
@@FunkyColdMedinaDIY - no need to apologize - my comment was a year after your post! Every day above ground is a blessing!
@@retiredyeti5555 You are absolutely right about that. Keep on being positive. I love it. Have a blessed day😁🙏
I hope you have Beautiful Christmas you and your family.
And I hope you Happy New Year🤠😎
You too Alicia&Anthony, Thank you for watching and have a blessed day and a Happy New Year😎✌️🎉🍾
You're such a good neighbor!!
😇I try my best to help others Erin. Thank you for the kind words. Have a blessed day Erin😎✌️
Mr.Freeze references 😂 👌🏼
🤣🤣🤣"MURRCCIEEEEE" Thank you for watching and have a blessed day and a Happy New Year😎✌️🎉🍾
I live in Atlanta, and last week the temp was down to about 5 degrees! The outside faucets should be replaced with those frost free faucets, if possible. Short of cutting off the water at the street, these seem like the best solution. I did see a device on Amazon that just attaches to the faucet, but have no experience with it. What do they do up North for this issue?
Thats a great question]. Im not sure what they do up North. I can speak on what happens in Texas. Thank you for watching and have a blessed day😁😎🙏
Yeah, I heard about the last storm
Oh yea, it was horrible. The snow was beautiful but NO POWER AND VERY LOW WATER PRESSURE for 3 days sucked. Good thing I had a generator going and a fire place. If you ever have to deal with a hard freeze, please cover those pipes and open up the doors under your sink. Especially if the sink is by an exterior wall. Both of mine froze last time by using that cover by itself. So if anyone reads this, make sure to wrap them up, then place the cover on. Thank you for watching FALL CHANNEL and have a blessed day and a Happy New Year😎✌️🎉🍾
What type of rubber tubing did you use, and the foam that has the tape
Great question. Its called rubber self seal pipe wrap. Just do a quick search and you find it at a local hardware store near you. Thank you for watching , sorry for the late reply and have a blessed day🙏😎
Thanks for the tip!!!
You are very welcome. I just hope to save people from a huge bill from the plumber or spending a bunch of money on home damage. Thank you for watching and Have a blessed day and year🙏😁😎
we don't have turn valve to turn off outdoor valve just a main to handle to turn off all water and weather freezing cold out side what we do we do have a cover on it only
@@bha6691 Great question. It really all depends what part of the country you live at. I live in Houston, Texas and every now and then it could get below freezing. The cover does its job due to the inside of my pipe being inside the walls so the cover protects the valve from the outside and keeps the pipe from freezing. Ive never had an issue. Of course if you are expecting well below freezing temps for a period time then please drain those outside pipes, Thats the best option. Of course like I said, it all depends on the climate you live in. Great question. Thank you for watching and have a blessed day🙏😎
sorry but those faucet covers do work and they work well. I live in Northern New York state and I've had one of those on my outside faucet for several years and never had one freeze up. if they're used correctly they work just fine.
Thank you for that info my friend. Especially living in New York. Ive never had an issue myself. Thank you for watching , sorry for the late reply and have a blessed day🙏😎
Nothing wrong with your neighbor's house. It's just that their faucet is a "shower" and yours is a "grower"
🤣Thank you for watching homie and Have a blessed day and year🙏😁😎
Whataburger method looks the best😂
🤣🤣🤣Thats definitely my favorite. It hasn't failed me yet🤣🤣🤣 And they come in small, medium or large for any hose valve🤣 Thank you for watching and have a blessed day and a Happy New Year😎✌️🎉🍾
I can tell you without a doubt, that what you're doing will NOT WORK to prevent your faucet from freezing. We just had 3 nights of hard freeze here in TX down to 19 degrees. I have tried those foam covers before - NOPE - I even wrapped them with more covering - NOPE! I bought a sock cover with "thinsulate" this year, put that on with more covering - NOPE. None of that works. I am now looking into heated wiring to wrap around. During Snowmageddon here 3 years ago, I let the faucet run A LOT. It still froze! But the good news is, even thought the water froze it didn't break the pipe bc the water could expand when it froze bc the valve was open. So I guess, the best thing to do in new construction is to install frost free spigots even down south!
I read a huge article they wrote a few years ago where they did a giant study on why pipes break when there are freezing temperatures.
The moving water myth was not the answer it was simply because you are allowing for expansion when the water freezes in the pipes like you said.
I don't sleep well when I know we are having a hard freeze, so I wake myself up every couple of hours and walk through the house and run the water full blast at every outlet for about 2 minutes.
I do this on both the hot and cold lines until I get good hot water out of the hot lines and let the cold run for a couple of minutes.
I flush every toilet until the tanks empty a couple of times, and if you do this every couple of hours, the water in the pipes are completely recycled with fresh water and the freeze process has to start all over again.
This may sound aggravating, but it seems to work pretty well and it is nothing compared to dealing with burst pipes!
If you would just do this process before you go to bed and leave all of your faucets dripping, especially the hot lines, you probably won't have much trouble.
The article I read was very informational and said that the hot lines are the ones that break the most often because there is no type of valve that can open up like in a toilet supplied by cold water where the pressure from a line trying to freeze will open the tank valve just enough to let a little water expand into it.
There is not anything connected to hot lines that can do this, so they break more often than cold lines.
@@TortureBot , I agree. The first thing I do in the morning is run all the taps. all the while I leave them dripping all night. I also believe that leaving faucets inside drip also helps with the outside spigots if they freeze bc this inside dripping leaves room for water expansion throughout the whole system thoughout your house. But that's just MY belief.
You are correct. When that water starts to freeze it acts like a giant piston and it pushes in both directions of the pipe. If it doesn't have room to go one way or the other something is going to pop, and that will likely be one of your valves on the inside or a weak joint.
I have a 50 year old house and I’ve always used towels and wrapped the spigots completely but I open the faucets inside to a slow drip. The sink cabinets stay open and so far I haven’t had any issues. Fingers crossed!
Your house must be insulated really good. Those foam covers work by containing heat that bleeds from your home to keep the temp above freezing.
Where do you get foam like that?
Check place like Home depot. I got mine there a few years ago
Great advice. Thats what I do every time I need something. Thank you for watching and Have a blessed day and year🙏😁😎
Thank you for watching. I shop at home depot but you should be able to find it in the home improvement section at Walmart, etc. Thank you for watching and Have a blessed day and year🙏😁😎
@@FunkyColdMedinaDIY Thank you for making these video showing different scenarios. I did not know about the covers until recently. I've wrapped my faucets with the rubber pipe and silver insulation tape for years. It stays like this all year. I just check to see if it needs replacing when a freeze is coming. I bought extra tubing for future replacement and also have waterproof gorilla tape. Will get more rubber tubing once this freeze passes and insulation tape if I can find it.
@@kettanistar Thank you for the kind words. My calling is to help people. Thank you for watching and have a blessed day😁🙏
I don’t think stores where I live have those faucet covers
It definitely may be based where you live. If you don't have these, no biggie. Just wrap with towels and duct tape or go to your favorite fast food restaurant and grab a foam cup🤣🤣🤣Thank you for watching carrot and have a blessed day and a Happy New Year😎✌️🎉🍾
You don't have Whataburger??
walmart.
@@pjlewisful don’t live near America
@@flower-the-earth don’t live near America
If you paint the styro cover to match the house it disappears.......
🤣🤣You are 100% right my friend. I plan on doing that and no one would know🤣Thank you for watching, sorry for the late reply and have a blessed day😁🙏
This is so unnecessary. Just turn off the valve inside related to the shut off valve and then open it up to let any excess water drain out and you're done. Why does this guy make us such a big deal about this. 2:08
Thank you for your comment. I unfortunately dont have access to that valve. This is just another option for people. Thank you for watching, have a blessed day and sorry for the late reply😁😎🙏
Thank you for your comment. I unfortunately dont have access to that valve. This is just another option for people. Thank you for watching, have a blessed day and sorry for the late reply😁😎🙏
It's easier to just turn the water off from inside, then open the outside valve to drain the remaining water.
Thank for the tip and for watching. Have a blessed day😁🙏
If you cut off your spigot supply inside and drain the remaining water you shouldn't have to worry about freezing pipes. The cover would do it's job at that point
Not all houses have that shut off valve for outside. But yes, that would be ideal.
That is a good point as well my friend. That would work as well. Some people don’t want to do that and just wanted to show an alternative. Sorry for the late reply my friend. Thank you for watching and have a blessed day🙏😎
Why not use a waste valve on the inside? I live in Canada and that's the proper way to do it. Before the cold weather arrives, close the waste valve. Then open the outside valve. This will allow the water to drain out of the outside valve and connected pipe. Now there's no risk of freezing. Reverse this when the warm weather returns.
Thats a great tip depending where you live. We don’t have waste valves here in Texas. Its still in the 80s here. Ridiculous! But every now and then it will get below freezing but it wont last too long. Great advice my friend🙏Thank you for watching , sorry for the late reply and have a blessed day🙏😎
@@FunkyColdMedinaDIY They're also used on the connection to the water main. If you do any plumbing, you'll want to drain the pipes before you start work.
@ Great advice my friend. The way things are going here in Houston, ice doesn’t seem like it will be coming. 78 degrees outside today on Christmas Eve🤣🤣🤣 Crazy but we will be prepare. Thank you for the tips homie. Have a blessed day and Happy Holidays🙏😎
I think it's a disservice by saying those faucet covers do not work at your opening....that is your opinion based on past experiences. Otherwise, thank you for offering additional solutions to protect your outdoor faucets.
Agreed used mine for many many years with no problem. Disservice was definitely the right word. Good advice but not respective to a product that works tremendously well for a lot of folks.
Hello there. Yes as mentioned in the video, the valve works but is not water tight. So if it rains, water will seep through the cheap foam and could freeze your valve. Its just something to think about but just place some tape around the edge to keep rain from seeping in. Thank you for watching, have a blessed day and year😁😎🙏
Iv'e been using these faucet covers and in extreme below freezing temperatures your pipes can still freeze and bust they are not miracle workers.
they work, but only if it's not a hard freeze, like staying above 30.
We had about 48 hours of sub freezing temps in Texas a few days ago, including lows of 14 and 17.
No freezes. No dripping faucets. I just wrapped the hose bibs with towels. Didn’t cover them in tape or cups or water proof material.
No issues at all.
I have one faucet that is not frost free that has frozen before. It currently has an ice chest pushed over it with an oil filled heater inside. Remote thermometer indicates 77 to 126f swing.
You're welcome
That will work as well. Great idea. Thank you for watching, have a blessed day and sorry for the late reply😁😎🙏
Best thing to do is shut the water off going to the hose bibb and drain it
You can do that, unfortunately I dont have that kind of access. Thank you for watching, have a blessed day and sorry for the late reply😁😎🙏
Last time everyone’s pipes were exploding lol
Sure was, I gots to spread the word🤣🤣Thank you for watching Kiki and have a blessed day and a Happy New Year😎✌️🎉🍾
@@FunkyColdMedinaDIY yeah save everyone from losing tons of money over the winter because they forgot to water proof their faucets
@@kikithepug7352 You got that right Kiki😎✌️🎉🥂
@@FunkyColdMedinaDIY have a good day
@@kikithepug7352 you to homie
I put a towel inside mine.
That would work too. I dont ill be needing this. Its still hot in Texas. 80 degrees today. Thats crazy🤣🤣Thank you for watching , sorry for the late reply and have a blessed day🙏😎
Why don’t you just turn the shut off valve INSIDE your house that feeds the outside
Generally every outdoor faucet has a dedicated ball valve in the house.
Then after shutting that valve OPEN the outside faucet and let the remaining water drain out
Why is this so hard ??
You spend ZERO dollars and no water to freeze 😊
Thank you for the advice but I and some people dont have that convenience unfortunately. Thank you for watching and have a blessed day😁😎🙏
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