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Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

Yes last time we had no power so it was worse.

But so far this year we are still having issues.

Plenty of neighbors with frozen pipes.

Gas supply is an issue. Low pressure which seems to be affecting tankless water heaters in large numbers. Pilot lights won't stay lit.

So far i've lost my backflow preventer. Lost it two years ago as well. At least this time it'll be an easy fix as I'm not dealing with 13 year old connections so should come apart without having to get medieval.

Yes, losing power 2 years ago, was the death knell for many, many folks. Fortunately we haven't lost power, but I understand that there are folks around Texas (~100k) that don't have power. I'm not sure why or what the cause. ERCOT is showing plenty of capacity.

I heard that there were natural gas problems from someone yesterday. That sucks!

I'm sorry you are still having issues. Thank goodness the fix won't be too bad.

A buddy of mine works with an ex-coworker (they both left where we all used to work together and ended up at the same place). The ex-coworker (we were never buddies) does not heed warnings and advice. My buddy sent a pic yesterday that showed an outdoor spigot that had been turned into a fountain at the ex-coworkers house. It had a piece of the black pipe insulation on it. I don't think anyone around here relied on only a bit of pipe insulation to protect from freezing. I'm not sure how he fared 2 years ago. I would have thought he must have done more (or had problems).

Fortunately, our pipes have been OK through this. We had 1 break 2 years ago, and I made a few changes to prevent that from happening again (hot-wire and insulation in the pump house). I renewed all of the outside hose bibs insulation and wrapping/protection. If we had lost power/heat we may have had issues anyway. This year, I'll be doing more work on the house as a whole to protect even more in the future.