Yes. They have the lowest reliability/happiness of the big brands. LG's laundry stuff is definitely the top-rated
I’ve had my LG washer/dryer for ten years and they’re still working great so scientifically they’re the best
Mine are in my attic so if it's going to be really cold I'll crack my access door. Also drip water, open all cabinets with pipes behind them and/or run a space heater in cooler areas of your home. Can also crank up the heat a degree or two
https://www.consumerreports.org/hom.../how-to-keep-pipes-from-freezing-a2277945570/ cliffs: drip cold water from your faucets, open the cabinets under your sinks, don't fuck with your heat
This is probably dumb but when you say cabinets with pipes behind them, do you mean you can’t see your pipes? Reason I ask is I’ve been reading about pipes freezing and keep seeing “on an external wall” and I thought that just meant on the edge of your home…not that the pipes are literally inside the outside wall/not visible.
Yeah the external walls are ones that face outside Our bathroom sinks aren't on external walls but I open the cabinets under them because our bathroom is on an external wall and we run a space heater in there sometimes. No clue if it makes much difference
I've only dripped my cold water. The hot water in my kitchen sink froze...do I need to be dripping both hot and cold?
Yeah my kitchen sink is on the outside wall, but I can see my pipes when I open the cabinet. I thought maybe in the south where cold isn’t as big of a concern, some houses had pipes where they’re like “outside” that wall or something. I’ve been opening the cabinets and running a space heater in my bathroom because I think those pipes run over my garage a bit. Plus keeping them dripping.
Painting almost done in the new place, big furniture moving this Saturday, new dishwasher next Monday (old one is creaky, corroded, and apparently has a very minor leak that the inspector saw some moisture below with that infrared shit). Been exhausting but kinda fun.
If you do this still be sure to leave your faucets open. The water still in the lines can freeze, and if you’re away for an extended period can easily freeze.
I have a 4 inch aluminum tube that looks like it’s going from my furnace or HVAC to outside. I’m assuming it’s venting furnace exhaust but I’m not really sure. It has a valve in it the installer marked for open/close positions. The entire length of the tube has water condensation on the outside of the tube, and it’s iced where the tube meets the exterior wall. What is this tube and should I be flipping that valve at some time during the year?
glory hole or intake. If it was exhaust and you're on gas furnace you'd probably be dead if you're just exhausting right into your house.
Moving into a new home next week. I see the recs for the LG washer/dryer combo which is good. What about for a refrigerator? LG as well? I had a Samsung at my last house and had issues with the freezer/ice maker. Also, black stainless or slate? Do these anti-fingerprint ones even work? I have kids that are 4 and 1. House has a mixture of appliances right now so not concerned with matching anything just yet.
So I thought my nest thermostat was faulty - only 6 months old, stopped being able to connect to wifi awhile back, and yesterday it was sort of resetting itself on and off so my furnace hasn’t been running and it’s -8 here. I got a new nest thermostat today thinking the problem would be fixed. I take the old one off and put the new one on. Nope. Powers down again. I go to my Goodman furnace (maybe where I should have started this journey) and I get an E5 code? First one to give me good info on what I’m dealing with will get a $10 donation in their name to the board. $50 if somehow I’m able to fix it.
We have an LG fridge. No complaints so far. Also is stainless anti-fingerprints. It works for the most part. Biggest issue is kids dirty ass hands.
Google says it's a short in your low voltage wiring I'm thinking the only low voltage wiring you have is to your thermostat and condenser Did you re-wire the thermostat or just pop the new one on the old base? Also, look at wires at/to your outdoor unit. Could ice or something have gotten in them and pulled em loose, or shorted them? Dog maybe chew on em? Kid climbing around and kick em?
6 months ago I rewired it when I moved in and it’s been working fine up until recently. There’s a small part of me that thinks this was originally a thermostat issue and somewhere along the lines of me screwing with things it turned into a bigger issue. I’ve got some calls out but with the low temps here I’m sure all the HVAC guys are swamped. I don’t think it’s a hard fix for someone who knows what they’re doing though.
get a short section of cable and wire thermostat almost directly to init. to unit. If thermostat works then you are looking at a bad comm cable between unit and thermostat location. Of course read install and repair manual before performing this test.l to ensure you don’t do further harm.
I’m all for a nice snow day with lows in the 20s but the last two winters have been stupid. I’m in fucking Birmingham, Alabama and we are about to be at or below 10 degrees for the second consecutive winter. Hasn’t done this here since 1989.
also I might add with minimal snow. My kids get a snow day to go stand in ice for ten minutes before coming inside to be annoying as hell.
Thanks gents. My kids have no idea how spoiled they are. Hopefully it'll be frozen over by tomorrow night.
my biggest complaint about my house is that I have basically no backyard because it's built onto a hill. there's some flat area at the bottom but would have to build small trail and clear a lot of brush/trees.
My intuition was pretty much right. I did have a bad Nest thermostat, that much I’m convinced. It did just so happen to pick the coldest day of the year to go out on me. Just my luck. Apparently they have internal batteries that can be faulty sometimes. When my best friend was home alone last night in her attempt to fix it while I was at work, she googled some things and attempted to wire a cheap thermostat for a temporary fix. While doing that she must have touched the red to the blue (?) and blew a fuse on the board at the bottom of the furnace. That’s why my new thermostat wasn’t working initially. HVAC guy came with his fancy little voltmeter thing and found it. Everything is working now and I’ll make a donation later in @bigred77’s name as he was the most help.
multimeters are dirt cheap and are a near required (IMO) tool for a homeowner the red and blue wires are the + and - terminals of the 24V transformer. touching those together is a bad idea.
Appreciated. The deck was a vision of mine that I knew would be my favorite spot minus the fire pit. I'm lighting that bitch up this weekend and having a party.
So your wife tried to wire up a new thermostat to get the furnace running? Sounds like she fucked it up but big props for even attempting something like that.