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Originally Posted by Unsuspicious
Surely there's exposed pipe somewhere far enough upstream to stick in a valve
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The pipe from our outdoor faucets goes into the walls, not exposed anywhere, except possibly in the attic, and by the time you get to the attic, a cut off valve isn't really going to help. The better solution is to keep the water in the short bit of exposed pipe before it enters the wall, warm.
Thus our solutions of heavily insulating it, and heating it.
I wouldn't want to cut open sheetrock to install cut off valves, either. It would be easier to simply turn off the water and drain the pipes, but that's not really an option for a family with young kids to be without water.