***Official 2022 Weather Thread***
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I'm in the same boat, got a used Toro snowblower from my gf's parents and it will not start. Definitely should have tried starting it before yesterday, but hindsight... Has new gas/oil and replaced the sparkplug but still doesn't work. It has electric start that doesn't seem to work at all and also a pull cord that works occasionally. I guess I'm shoveling
Need to travel north on 380 tomorrow morning and thinking of leaving between 6-8 am.. Good idea or bad idea?
Just got in from clearing my drive and sidewalk in Marion. Easy snow to clear, especially with strategic thrower direction with the wind. Road is still unplowed.
The wind chill was terrible, though. It cut through me and I had to go inside several times to warm up.
The wind chill was terrible, though. It cut through me and I had to go inside several times to warm up.
I am not a fan of depending other drivers and a vehicle and the weather lower my chances of living through a day. Its probably my age.
Welp. Our hot water doesn’t work. This has happened every winter since we finished our basement. I called the company who did the finishing the first winter, and they blamed the issue on the original home builder. I told him that the issue had never occurred until they did their work, so I felt is was their issue to help mitigate, which he refused to do, even after I told him I’d pay him to fix it. Said he wasn’t in the remodel business anymore/job wasn’t big enough for him.
****** is an Iowa State graduate too. I hope he’s one of you son’s of *******, and he reads this. Every year, I curse your name, you ****.
****** is an Iowa State graduate too. I hope he’s one of you son’s of *******, and he reads this. Every year, I curse your name, you ****.
Good news is that I'm seeing low 40's in next week's forecast and potentially some rain. So as long as you can clear enough off the driveway to get you through Monday or so, the rest should melt away before the new year.
So did they insulate improperly to have your water lines freeze or what? I struggle to think how they could cause a water heater to not function.
Just got in from snowblowing. I just tested it out Thanksgiving weekend and it ran fine, of course this morning and it won't start. Spent an hour draining the old gas and cleaning up the plug and it finally started.
I know the manuals say to leave gas in it with fuel stabilizer, but the gas was yellow when I drained it. Put in fresh gas and it was fine, I dont think they know what they are talking about on how to store it over the summer.
I know the manuals say to leave gas in it with fuel stabilizer, but the gas was yellow when I drained it. Put in fresh gas and it was fine, I dont think they know what they are talking about on how to store it over the summer.
The water heater is fine. It’s the pipes that are frozen. When they did the basement, they replaced all the pipes with PEX, which is a good thing, but they put it all on the northwest facing wall, and covered it all up (drywall) with no ventilation, so now the pipes are “exposed” to the coldest wall in the house and there is no ambient heat getting to it.
At end of the season, when I move it to the back or the farm, I fire it up, turn off the gas and let it run itself out of gas. Avoid ethanol fuel also. Do those and you should be fine the next year if you didn’t have a completely full gas tank at the end.
There are wrappings you can get that are electrical. May warm them up enough to get them going.
Yeah, but I’d have to tear the wall down to get to them.
The pipes will open up on their own next week when it’s warmer. Until then, we’re all taking *****’s baths.
Merry ******* Christmas.
Wind picking up just a bit, maybe gusting to 15-20, roads not too bad yet. Good friends did send their baby to daycare half day. We totally should have done that.
