Today I got 3 more frozen pipe calls. The Ground Thaw looks similar to my heated pressure washer. I have 100 feet on a reel and another 150 feet on 3 rolls. Has anyone tried a heated pressure washer? I could run the pressure hose to the frozen pipes and back to the water tank. That would circulate the hot water, with the hose zip tied to the bottom of the pipe. My machine puts out 200°F water, would that damage the grooved fitting gaskets? If so, I could leave a gap at the grooved fittings. Another option is a sewer jetter hose. The nozzle on the sewer jetter has one hole at the front, and holes at the rear of the nozzle to propel the nozzle/hose forward. The jetter hose is flexible, and slippery to go through the pipe, a normal PW hose is stiff and not very flexible.
Another option I found during my internet search was powerblanket.com Their product is electric blankets, some of which are available in a 2' x 2' size or 15" x 44 " size. Has anyone tried these? Douglas Hicks General Fire Equipment Co of Eastern Oregon, Inc From: "Thom McMahon" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 2:02 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: RE: Frozen pipe > We have used the "Ground Thaw" boilers on a trailer, with 500 or 1000 LF > of > heated hose from RSC or Cat RENTS. Stretch it out, zip tie it to the > bottom > of the pipe and crank up its boiler. It can thaw the pipe, but it can't > fix > the leaks. > > Thom McMahon, SET > Firetech, Inc. > 2560 Copper Ridge Dr > P.O. Box 882136 > Steamboat Springs, CO 80488 > Tel: 970-879-7952 > Fax: 970-879-7926 > > > _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
