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About 120 nights a year below freezing, when uninsulated crawlspace lines give out

The oldest blocks in town run plumbing decades older than the newer builds toward Dupont

First frost typically lands around October 19

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Older than most people expect. A good share of the housing predates the modern codes entirely, and unless a previous owner repiped it, the supply lines have been through every one of the roughly 120 freezing nights a year since.

Usually on the basement wall closest to the street, near the meter. Finding it and turning it once a year, before winter, is worth doing while nothing is wrong. A valve that has not moved in twenty years is the one that fails when it is needed.

In much of the area it does, and scale narrows old galvanised supply lines from the inside. A narrowed line holds less water but freezes faster, which is part of why old piping and cold nights are a bad match.

Water trapped past the valve froze first. A hose left connected holds that water in the last stretch of pipe, and with about 120 freezing nights a year that stretch is the part that splits. The break often sits inside the wall, so it only shows up when the tap is opened in spring.