Frozen Pipes...

It was inevetable. With -30 temperatures, high wind chill and an exposed part of the house you knew that something was going to give at some point.

I woke up this morning and for some reason I peaked outside the bedroom window. I noticed that the street was shiney just in front of our house and it looked like ice. My first thought was that there had been a water main break in front of our house (the last thing that we needed). As I looked back towards the house I noticed that our sump pump outlet had a small hole bored through the snow at the discharge point. I could actually see the reflection of water in the centre of the hole. These are not good signs.

As I started down the stairs I heard our washing machine beeping and running water. After 6 hours of sleep this is not a good sound. When I got to the base of the stairs the beeping of the washing machine wasn't the greatest of my issues, the 1/2" of water at the foot of the stairs was. Due to the cold weather and the extreme temperatures, the supply hose to the washing machine froze and cracked. It must have happened in the early morning hours - thankfully I am a somewhat early riser. Our main drain is in our Family room (or what we are refering to as our Living Room / Dining Room or main oasis from construction) so the water made it's way to there. I am so thankful that we tiled the floor! Nothing a shop vac and a bit of time wasn't able to fix.

I would hate to think as to what the damage would have been if we weren't here.