Yippee - frozen pipes :)

We left the faucets dripping. 
We made sure that the heat was on.
We checked in everyday at least once while it was really cold. 
Somehow - between the morning visit, and the evening visit on one of those days.....this happened. 

When we first arrived, I didn't notice that the faucets weren't running anymore. It was the ice in the toilet that caught my attention first. 

When we realized that we could not get the furnace to turn on, John went under the house and found this...

Luckily he has lights and heaters at his warehouse, so we quickly jumped into action mode. Within an hour we had track lights all over the crawl space ( the light bulbs help keep the pipes warm) and large propane heaters w/ blowers heating the whole space.

The little house was supposed to have a service agreement with Woodfin that transferred to us at closing, but when I called them first they said " would you like someone to call you tomorrow? " 

I got a call a few hours later, but was told they could not come see the house for at least 4 days. 

Now - to be fair - Richmond has seen crazy cold temperatures, the likes of which we have not dealt with in a very long time. So...they were busy. 

As it turns out, it's probably for the best. By the next morning I had a plumber there to check things out. We had run the heaters all night, and the pipes had started to thaw out while he was there. He had just suggested that we turn off the water at the street when we noticed little puddles.....

in every room! Some were frozen over again, some ( probably those closer to the lights or the heaters) were starting to grow larger by the second. 

We quickly turned off the heat - and hoped they would refreeze before making a big mess of the floors. 

The rest of this day was spent pulling out the ice filled radiators ( pronounced RA - DE - A - tors,  RA, as in Radish - if , like me,  you grew up someplace up north that called them that. :) ) 
They were coming out anyway - that was part of the plan - just not quite the plan right now. 

This is me - learning to be flexible , and go with the flow! 
Still fun - right? I just have to keep laughing - it will all be great!