water pipes at work have frozen,anyone any ides best thing to do, i know where they are frozen, just above the stop tap, i have bought a cheap hairdryer and plan on usiing this on it, is that a bad idea? I know you can end upp with bursts, but cant have another day without brews, and need to get toilet workin again
dont use direct heat on pipe, just bring the room temp up.......once thawed lag pipes............
This is in the warehouse, where the water comes into the building,we have had the heater on max, but the the spot that is frozen is only about 3 ft from the floor, so cant see the heater touching it as its about 12 ft high, the pipes are already lagged, would it be worth replacing this
Kettle of very hot water on it.
There's more chance of damaging them through frosting than defrosting. (Water expands when it freezes)
PS. I'm assuming you have, or can get water to boil...
can you make a tent effect around it ??? then a portable heater......
very hot water will burst the pipe too, also open the cold taps when thawing out........
Spent all yesterday doing ours here at home.
But this wont help if you have no water.
Hot water in a bucket, get a towel, put the bucket of hot water as near to the pipe as possible, put the towel over the pipe like a tent.
This helps to trap the hot air and will gradually warm the pipe.
Turn on the taps,this will help stimulate a flow,then warm pipe up gently with a hair dryer, or boil a kettle next to pipe, for water just melt snow, but best to avoid the yellow snow.