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At the hardware store get insulated covers for the faucets all around the property --162.247.xx.xx

Who leaves a hose connected-- let alone a hose with water still turned on. No telling how long its been running. She was gone for a week. --99.103.xxx.xxx

Try going into the basement and shutting off the shut off behind the bib. Cover the outside hose and bib with something insulated and the heat from the walls will keep it safe hopefully. I have a brick house and the snow is melting away from walls but it's 20 above here not 20 below. --108.24.xx.xx

This is something you can cover in your lease for future tenants. --173.216.xxx.xx

i don't think these are frost free spigots --70.129.xxx.xxx

Does it get that cold in Texas? Cut off the hose? Use plyers to screw off the hose. Use a hair dryer to warm it up? Keep driving? --172.56.xx.xxx

This is something you want to deal with when you see that a cold snap is coming, not after it has already hit. Think proactively! --73.25.xx.xxx

Hopefully the spigot is higher than the hose and the water drained away from it. Even though it's not frost free they are pretty forgiving. They don't install frost free where I live and it's pretty common for it to get below zero overnight, in fact it is supposed to get to -12 Monday night. I've never had one break from freezing but the hose will likely be another story. --64.130.xx.xx

You may not need heat. Just go out there with a pair of channel locks and take it off. --107.141.xx.xxx

I would not mess with your tenant’s hose but rather take a photograph and send them an email and tell them it needs to be fixed or removed immediately. Also let them know that those hose bibs will be tested in the spring when the weather warms up and if they are damaged they will be charged for repairs. Keep in mind that the way to test those is to hold your thumb over them while you have the water running and see if pressure backs up because they often split inside the wall and you will not know about any leak until you try to turn them on and even then the water may run into a crawlspace or basement. As a home inspector, I saw this often and this is how we tested them. Good luck --99.92.xxx.xxx

The attached hose conducts more freezing temperatures directly to the bldg. plumbing. --97.113.xx.xxx

Recently installed a outside faucet where the valve is located inside the house which connects to a long shaft. Tonight the outside temperature is -9 degrees Celsius which is 9 degrees below freezing. Also installed a ball valve to isolate outside faucet. February this year has been a very cold month. In south a deep freeze is not common where there is no preventive measures are taken. When there is major snowfall every shuts down where in northern areas the snow plows are out then salt is applied to roads. Other then applying boiling water then removing outside hoses. Maybe March outside temperatures will start to go above freezing where at least during the day. --99.236.xxx.xxx

DO THIS TODAY!! If it's not too late already. --108.69.xxx.xxx

I learned the hard way that tenants decide to wash their cars during mild winter weather and turn on, then off the inside shut-off but do not bleed the line or leave the outside faucet in the "on" position afterward. Result - burst pipe. Removing the handle after bleeding means that they cannot possibly use the outside faucet during the winter. (Haven't had a tenant yet who was ambitious enough to buy their own faucet handle.) --96.245.xx.xx

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