Hi Wayne, I think you might be in trouble especially if the barrel is not straight or the sides not heavy enough. Many years ago I had the not so brilliant idea of making my own ice blocks. At that time we had a chest freezer and I filled a fairly heavy rectangular shaped plastic container with water and balanced it on top of everything. a few hours later I went down and saw that the top had froze and lifted a little. Before I went to bed I checked again and what a mess. Since it froze from the top down it got to a point where it pushed the bottom out. My wife was even more unhappier than I was. Pondering over your query depending upon the size maybe you could put some of the heavy fome swimming pool noodles weighted down and sticking up. Then as the water would freeze the fome would compress saving the container, Just an afterthought.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Wayne W Hinckley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 2:04 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Hard Plastic Water Barrels I have three hard plastic water barrels for an emergency supply of H2O sitting in the furnace room in the basement. It is long past time to exchange the contents for fresh water. My wife wishes they were not in the furnace room because at least one of them restricts access to shelving there. The only other places they could go are in the garage or the shed. We live in Utah near Salt Lake City and the water will freeze during the winter in any unheated location. In fact, our fall and spring seasons have many freezing night and warm days giving us a repeated freeze and thaw cycle for days at a time. Do any of you have experience with these barrels, and will freezing them make them break? If not a problem, how much head room should there be to allow the water to expand as it freezes? Thanks for any feedback. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Send any questions regarding list management to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 Or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Groups Links __________ NOD32 3570 (20081030) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com
