My hot water kitchen pipe seems to have frozen up. All other plumbing seems to be working. What now? quick!?

Question

My cellar door is also frozen solid, so I cannot get under the house to see what there is to see. I'm worried -- there's no money. Good news, I suppose is that the dirty coffee mugs are soaking in the tub. Do I keep the kitchen sink "on" to see if the water starts? I have no idea what to do. It's nearly five pm and getting colder by the minute -- any suggestions, please. Thank you so much

Answer 1

You need to get to those pipes and check them.
Thaw the door with a heater of hair dryer.

Answer 2

By the statement 'all other plumbing seems to be working,' does that include hot water to bathroom or shower?

Is the water heater in the cellar? Is it gas? Oil? Or electric? Is it on, and does it have fuel?

When you say frozen solid are you referring to the lock or the door.

If it is the lock, try some lock de-icer(Alcohol) to open it. If it is ice, a portion of rock salt and water may melt enough to open it. Try heating water on the stove to thaw the door area. Borrow a sledge hammer from a neighbor?

Once in the cellar try to see if you can feel a really cold air stream on the pipe or other source of cold, and block it. Run your hair dryer or electric paint stripper on the pipe to thaw it, while leaving the kitchen tap open.

If a pipe has split, turn off the supply to the hot water tank, and then turn off the power to the heater. Cut out the section of split pipe and measure it or take it to the hardware store.

Buy a length of flexible hot water rated plastic pipe just a bit longer than the stuff you cut out plus two plastic to copper connectors to connect it to the remaining pipes.

After making the repairs, look to keeping enough heat in the area to prevent freezing again.

It is best to enclose the pipes in a space that is heated by the house, and insulate the exterior of the space.

Answer 3

you have to get to the frozen pipe. Once u have found, apply a heat tape from a haddware store, and wrap with insulation. Usually pipes that are copper will split and once you thaw them out, u will have water blowing. Just to be safe, make sure u know where the main water turn off is to your house,

Answer 4

Odd that the hot one froze up. It's always the cold one. Check under the sink to make sure that it's turned on. Otherwise, you have to find where the pipe is frozen and tackle it from there.

Answer 5

open hot water faucet & wrap hot soaked rag on pipe under sink. maybe hot drippings can follow pipe into cellar & warm pipe
may help to open both facets & allow cold water to cross into frozen hotwater pipe
keep hot faucet open while thawing
lastly, diassemble hot faucet & pour hot water into assembly
good luck

Answer 6

You have to track down the pipe to find where it may be frozen. If you can't get to the pipes, then you are screwed.

Answer 7

Hair dryer. Usually frozen on joint or turn.