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jbm writes:
Sorry if this upsets you Paul, but in my experience:

water butts solid all the way through with ice = water butts split
across the base.

Mine proved that last winter when I forget to empty it. Doh!

Does it depend on what material the butt is made of?
--
John Hall
"I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly,
will hardly mind anything else."
Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-84)