My brother-in-law told me I should let my faucets drip since the weather is getting so cold now (9 degrees). I’m concerned if this will put too much strain on the pressure bladder, well pump or water softener. My pipes are in the attic because I am on a slab house. Our well is 70 feet down. We just bought this house last year and remodeled it. We also blew in extra insolation in the attic last year too.
I don’t know if it’s because the weather is getting so cold or if it’s because we are keeping a constant drip, but when we turn on the faucets in the morning, at first, the water blows out kinda hard out of the faucet. Is that due to overuse of the baldder and well pump because we have the water on a constant drip to prevent pipes freezing or is it because of the cold weather?
Thanks!

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I am thinking I should put a big trash bag over the green part and then put them in a warmish garage -which means ‘out of the cold weather but not heated’
What I do not know is whether I should put Miracle Grow and lots of water on them now or let them sort of dry up.
It seems like if they don’t get water they will die.

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It makes ice, and i can here the water cycling through the system, yet When i go to get water, nothing comes out. I live in San Antonio, and we recently had cold weather. Not freezing, but cold.

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The other morning I noticed a large puddle of water coming out from under my washer. This puddle appeared after I heard a gurgling sound. Last night I was in the kitchen washing the dishes and was running the washer at the same time, when the wash cycle turned over to the rinse cycle and the water was draining from my washer, it began to bubble up out of my kitchen sink! And it was dirty water too…it looked like stuff was floating in it, like the pipes are dirty inside. Why did this happen? It happened again this morning, that when the wash cycle turns over into the rinse, and the rinse cycle turns over into spin cycle, the water bubbles up out of the kitchen sink. The laundry room is inside the bathroom, which is right next to the kitchen. I imagine all of the pipes are connected somehow. My husband thinks the drain leading from the washer is clogged and told me to pour Draino into it. I do not think that is the answer. Thanks for your help!
Good point about the cold weather. I live in the northeast, and we have had several consecutive days where the temperatures have been in the teens and twenties during the day, then in the single digits at night. Maybe that has something to do with it?

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