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Originally Posted by chelsea24
Good to know Ms. Foot! Don't say good-bye to your hibiscus. Tanya, my plant guru said all will come back in the Spring. However, vetman seems way to lazy to go outside and do anything with the faucets, so I smell broken pipes! I'm laying in wait with an "I told you so."  |
The dripping faucet is serious in FL. The water pipes in FL are not buried as deep or as insulated as they are up north. The building codes are different due to the climate, which is why plastic pipe is so common.
Running water doesn't freeze, so setting the outside faucets to a steady drip during below-32degrees time is a safety item. If the water freezes in the pipe, it can due to ice expansion cause the pipe to rupture.
Take care...