The weather conditions around here do not usually get frigid & cold overnight… The lowest rapidly increasing temperatures that Sam and I have seen in a while is around 40°, a couple of days ago there was a wicked front from the south & it created a layer of clouds that trapped the frigid air next to the ground, and Sam and I had rapidly increasing temperatures that dropped down to 28 degrees.
The pipes in our beachside house were not prepared for the frigid weather & neither were we, and some of our neighbors decided to let the water stay running while in the night so that the pipes would not freeze up.
Sam & I are new homeowners & my associate and I did not know that would help. Sam and I ended up with a pipe that was leaking, but I did not know there was a pipe leaking until the next morning when I went to the family room to make some coffee. I saw a puddle next to the wall. The leaking pipe turned out to be in the wall between our family room & the garage. The leaky pipe was right behind the heating unit. I was very upset that the heating component would be disfigured due to the water, so Sam and I turned off all power to the plan until Sam could repair the leaking pipe issue. I used a couple of space heating systems in the dining room & the bedroom, however Sam and I had the heating component off for 2 hours & the beach house indoor temperature dropped by 15 degrees; Eventually Sam and I had to turn the heating component back on even though my partner was still finishing up with the repairs. The pipe was an easy repair, however the drywall took some time to cure.