Kevin James Henry
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Up on the ceiling there is a shut off valve. It goes down to where that hole is in the wall to a spigot on the outside. At the lower end of the hole in the wall, there is Pex, tied in between the copper from the top and bottom via a Pex T which goes out to the garage. Where it comes out of the wall in the garage, I have foil over the pex, then heat tape and then insulated tubing over that.
The issue is the hole in the wall. Where the pipe burst, there is actually ice in the wall. that's how cold it is. The room is usually 65 deg in the winter or down to 55 sometimes. I have 240V baseboard in 2 locations in the 350 sq/ft room, but the baseboard doesn't do anything as far as heating. I have a little ceramic element heater 120v that plugs into the wall that does a better job at heating the room than the two 6' 240V baseboard heaters. So I don't use the BB heating at all. It's useless.
I have caulked everywhere outside the house, I have put insulation behind the pipes in the wall there where the hole is. I've put insulation below the pipes. However it's still freezing in there. Right now I have a bigger piece of a insulated foam over the hole as it's an eyesore after my friend, licensed plumber replaced the valve yesterday. He said, leave the valve off and the spigot outside and in the garage open as to allow for expansion.
I'm at a loss what to do here. Should I put a grate over the hole so at least there is some heat from the room getting up there. It's so cold inside the hole, it's brutal. I don't get it. The issue is, to the left of that hole is the corner of the back of the house. The wind NEVER STOPS. EVER.
I was thinking this.
1. Put a grated vent over the hole.
2. Install a wall heater somewhere in the vicinity of the area.
The issue is the hole in the wall. Where the pipe burst, there is actually ice in the wall. that's how cold it is. The room is usually 65 deg in the winter or down to 55 sometimes. I have 240V baseboard in 2 locations in the 350 sq/ft room, but the baseboard doesn't do anything as far as heating. I have a little ceramic element heater 120v that plugs into the wall that does a better job at heating the room than the two 6' 240V baseboard heaters. So I don't use the BB heating at all. It's useless.
I have caulked everywhere outside the house, I have put insulation behind the pipes in the wall there where the hole is. I've put insulation below the pipes. However it's still freezing in there. Right now I have a bigger piece of a insulated foam over the hole as it's an eyesore after my friend, licensed plumber replaced the valve yesterday. He said, leave the valve off and the spigot outside and in the garage open as to allow for expansion.
I'm at a loss what to do here. Should I put a grate over the hole so at least there is some heat from the room getting up there. It's so cold inside the hole, it's brutal. I don't get it. The issue is, to the left of that hole is the corner of the back of the house. The wind NEVER STOPS. EVER.
I was thinking this.
1. Put a grated vent over the hole.
2. Install a wall heater somewhere in the vicinity of the area.
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