[Mark Henry]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

I used to live in NY so the cold is nothing new. The difference is TX is not really equipped for bitter cold.

We have pipes blowing all over the community, something I never gave a second thought to back East.

Which leads me to a question.

When I built the house here we did "instant hot" water.

Basically the hot water pipes recirculate so when you open the tap, boom, hot water from the git go.

Curious if that helps mitigate the worry of frozen pipes.

Logically the cold and hot pipes will have parallel runs so does the proximity of warm pipes help prevent the cold water pipes from freezing?

Could that be why some of my neighbors have issues and I (knock wood) have not? T

How is that going to help? Maybe a small bit in a circulating hot water system, but if 4-6" between pipes not much. The pipes must be on the warm side (inside) of the vapor barrier. Water pipes in an outside wall are a big no-no, any pipes exposed to outside temps need a thermostat controlled trace/wrap.