My tap worked

[poiuytrewq]

???
Small things. Mud to follow

 

[Cragrat]

Mine too - it is hard to explain to 'muggles' why that makes me so happy

Though the ensuing mud will wipe that smile off pretty quickly ....

 

[poiuytrewq]

Unfortunately I realised my tap worked when I pulled up from work to OH yelling about me flooding the machinery shed ?
At some point in the week I turned a tap on and didn’t turn it off again…

 

[Red-1]

Unfortunately I realised my tap worked when I pulled up from work to OH yelling about me flooding the machinery shed ?
At some point in the week I turned a tap on and didn’t turn it off again…

Ooops.

Our yard is wet and I suspect it will freeze overnight. The only blessing for the past week was that it was dry...

 

[Kunoichi73]

Unfortunately I realised my tap worked when I pulled up from work to OH yelling about me flooding the machinery shed ?
At some point in the week I turned a tap on and didn’t turn it off again…

Oops!

I walked out of the conservatory into the back garden this morning and into a spurting fountain coming from the hosepipe. I must have left the tap on and the frozen water had expanded and cracked the spray head in a couple of places.

 

[poiuytrewq]

It only me then.

 

[paddy555]

It only me then.

well ours don't work. Only one inside tap works which lives under several layers of insulation and blankets. OH attacked one tap with a heat gun today. After half an hour it still refused to run and he gave up the will to live.

 

[HashRouge]

Mine is still frozen. I had a bit of a panic in the dark when I realised I didn't have any water for soaking feeds, I had to trek over to the fields and find the nearest water trough!

 

[blitznbobs]

I have 2 automatic waterers working tonight - bliss

 

[GoldenWillow]

Ours is still not working, it's frozen underground so I'm thinking it will be a while. Not helped by it freezing both last night and the night before on top of rain.

 

[humblepie]

Working this morning. Has worked all week but needed defrosting. I’ve been taking water over to yard as back up.

 

[Xmasha]

I have 2 automatic waterers working tonight - bliss

Feels a little bit smug . Got all mine working. Had to take a chisel and remove the ice from the ballcock. But they all worked and didn’t leak .
Although one of my pipes burst flooding the wash bay , so have had to turn that section off . So no water in the tack room until we get a plumber out .
Our usual plumber has gone into hiding. May attempt it myself today
Anyone ever fitter a water connector themselves before ? The white ones that join to parts of the copper pipe ?

 

[SEL]

Taps still frozen and I'm dreading the defrost in case we get leaks, but for the first morning in what feels like forever I don't have icebergs on the trough.

 

[blitznbobs]

Feels a little bit smug . Got all mine working. Had to take a chisel and remove the ice from the ballcock. But they all worked and didn’t leak .
Although one of my pipes burst flooding the wash bay , so have had to turn that section off . So no water in the tack room until we get a plumber out .
Our usual plumber has gone into hiding. May attempt it myself today
Anyone ever fitter a water connector themselves before ? The white ones that join to parts of the copper pipe ?

Definitely smug ?

 

[J&S]

My hose worked yesterday so I filled up every thing. This morning rather over flowing as also have a down pipe off the guttering! Oh well, thankful for small mercies!

 

[Ratface]

Still frozen at boatyard, but all OK at farm. The electricity bill will be enormous, but The (not-so-little) Little Treasures will be fine!

 

[EventingMum]

Mr EM and son spent yesterday fixing multiple burst pipes as it thawed. It's great we're not having to run a hose from the house for buckets now the drinkers working again but a quick thaw followed by heavy rain has left so much water lying. I suspect the ground and the base of the outdoor school are still frozen so the water is just lying on top with nowhere to go.

 

[FestiveG]

The tap is working, but the ground is frozen and the rain that's fallen has managed to freeze between, and on top of, the hard-core, the entire yard is like a skating rink. We are just thankful that the horses are living out worth a shelter, so don't need to cross the yard.

 

[eggs]

Managed to get a tap working yesterday but couldn’t find my long hose so couldn’t reach the trough but did manage to fill some big containers so have enough water for the yard for a couple of days. Carrying water from the house was taking a couple of hours a day.
when I say ‘managed’ I actually mean noticed that water was running down the path from the tap I had tried to get working on Thursday and not turned off - oops.

Everything else is still frozen and the yard has become an ice rink with the rain falling on the snow. Think I will be spending tomorrow looking for leaks.