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Plan B for today.

Hot tub - check. BTDT. That 7 steps across the open deck at -22 to the 103* hot tub was traumatic....traumatic, I say! Not so bad on the way back after a 20 minute soak.

Next - up to the rooftop, quick, quick, quick!

I think (hope!) it's just a frozen up vent pipe - otherwise I have problems. Stinks like sewer in the downstairs bathroom, and we have already made sure all the traps are filled .

Birch trees - once blown clear of snow/frost, are now all hoared - that's hoared! up again. Pretty out there.
Overcast moved in- supposed to make zero yet today.

Very few people will whore out their birches.

Depends on the payout. You never heard of "getting a woodie"?

4 above in Fox, -24 in Fairbanks this afternoon. Odd how much the temps can change in such a short distance.

I will whore out my birches though. Cheap. Don't any of you worry about that.

All"Birch Pimps" do what they have to when it gets double digit negative out...

Not happening this week though! WOOT!!

lolol

Played this game myself, and it was a frozen vent pipe. Have some #4 copper wire in there now. Hope that does the job. Not that I don't enjoy being 30' up a ladder at 12 below.

Why is it always taco night every time you gotta mess with the septic?

What? No wind?
😉

Sewer Skewer made one of these several years ago works well. To keep vent pipes from freezing

https://www.acehardware.com/departm...c941bf408665753fff6ca53&gclsrc=3p.ds

It was barely frozen over. One little tap and the 1/4 inch crust was open. Then knock off the edges..

2 second fix, not counting getting the ladder out, up, and tippytoeing across half the roof. Actually, I'd been up there a week or so ago taking snow off the eves, 4' back from the edge, so I had good, packed, frozen footing.. Had some ice daming last year...

10 minutes with a propane torch, solder, drill press, and scrap 1/2 copper pipe (would have preferred 3/4" - not on hand tho) and the vent is now wearing 30" of one of those dangle -down the pipe T thingies seen on U-tube.. per kk link(I'd already seen it) Didn't even have to cut anything. It ain't as pretty as KK's link, nor as expensive, and didn't have to order, but when one is cheap, and high on sewer gas...... . I can add on if necessary, easily enough. I have several used couplers and 8' of new pipe yet.

What is there should fix it permanently.

2nd time the vent has frozen over in the 33 years we have lived here..... never no more - if it works.

I hate these constant , repetitive fixes.....

I run 15 to 20 degrees warmer than Fairbanks but it's still seven below here.... there's something blowing in now at 7pm Sunday

That wind blowing through Wasilla last week was a mf'er, I was coming back from my cabin on Saturday and the wind was blowing snow so hard it was white out conditions near Wasilla Lake, my truck and enclosed got sideways a bit and things started getting real sporty. Luckily I was able to regain control of the truck and trailer before the red light. I ended up parking my truck/trailer at the Mat Su Regional parking lot which was sheer ice with some pea size gravel on it. Left it there for almost 3 days before I decided I better go get it and bring it home as the wind had blown my trailer 45 degrees and into my rear bumper. There were 5 trailers laying rolled over on their sides at both ramps going to/from Mat Su Regional and one of them still had a white Dodge Ram 2500-3500 hooked to it along with 2 semis rolled over, one of them on the bridge going to Palmer over the Glenn highway.

We live across the highway from May-Su regional close to the elementary school. I’d say most everyone here lost fences, and some shingle frisbee was going in as well. I had to ride out Hurricane Katrina in 2005 in MS, that crap was shorter lived than this wind event.

Akmh, glad you kept the rubber side down. We stayed at the cabin for 2 extra days to avoid dragging a trailer through that. Going through Palmer, I figured we'd made the right call.

How many clothes does a real Alaskan wear in winter?

None, unless it's raining on Maui.

Molokai...

Now who would take that wrong? 😁

Actually never heared that one.

I should have left my trailer at the Kroto parking lot like most of my friends did but I left too early in the day thinking I was going to get through before the winds got too bad. Even the drive from Trapper Creek to Willow was a bit sporty but nothing compared to driving through Wasilla.

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 2 AM AKST
FRIDAY FROM PORTAGE TO THE HOPE CUTOFF...

* WHAT...Heavy snow likely. Total snow accumulations of 12 to 18
inches in Turnagain Pass. Winds could gust as high as 65 mph
through Portage Valley.

* WHERE...Along the Seward Highway from near Portage to the Hope
Cutoff, including Turnagain Pass.

* WHEN...From 6 AM AKST Thursday through 2 AM Friday

* IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult due to heavy, wet snow
through Turnagain Pass. Rain falling on frozen surfaces along
the Seward highway, particularly through Portage Valley, may
cause slick roadways and hazardous driving conditions.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A strong front will reach Western Prince
William Sound Thursday morning. Snow is expected at sea level in
the morning before switching to rain late Thursday morning
through Turnagain Arm and Portage Valley. Rain falling on recent
snow and near freezing roadways may cause hazardous travel
conditions in combination with moderate rain and high winds.
Moderate rain is also expected in Seward, which will extend
north to Moose Pass Thursday evening. Urban areas with snow
covered roads will likely see ponding of water and potentially
hazardous travel conditions.

That’ll be sporty.