Winterizing thread

[Rob Robinson]

hahahah I was waiting and wasn't disappointed. thank you.

On 15/06/06, orbitalsolutions wrote:
>
> Being one who's practice of winterizing is to head south, at the
> slightest possibility of any freezing temps at my current location;
> and not stoping to rest until there is no longer any possibile
> threat, I thought I would have nothing of value to add to this
> thread.
>
> However, I will address the question regarding the thermal expansion
> of matter.
>
> Bob, you stated, "I believe that ice doesn't require any more space
> be it 24 degrees F. or minus 24 degrees F."
>
> You are correct. The frozen matter in question would be equal in
> volume at either of the stated temps.
>
> James
> 78FC33SB "Old School"
> Tunica, MS.
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com,
> "one_dusty_hoot"
>
> wrote:
> >
> > Maybe I have just been lucky? Maybe it has not been cold
> > enough here? Maybe I took a little more care?
> >
> > I have opened the front door of a house and the entire
> > living room ceiling had fallen to the floor, overhead
> > plumbing and the owner turn off the heat.
> >
> > I have had to remove the siding from the back of a house
> > to repair all the copper pipes damaged from freezing.
> >
> > Some winters, not all, it does get very cold here, enough
> > so that an open foundation vent can burst copper in a
> > heated house. And, I believe that ice doesn't require
> > any more space be it 24 degees F. or minus 24 degrees F.
> >
> > I would lke a response please from someone who owned a
> > Bluebird Motor Home, not SOB, not PO "said", YOU! and
> > only YOU, who feel as though you did the job according
> > to the manual, taking care to do everything right, had
> > a broken pipe in their coach due to freezing.
> >
> > If you have had this happen I do hope you will not
> > withold this information because of any guilt or
> > embarasement for it has been said, you followed the
> > instructions, and, it did not work.
> >
> > Thanks, Bob Janes, Greenville, SC
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com,
> "birdshill123"
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Although I am a new BB owner I feel I am more than qualified to
> > jump
> > > into this thread because: A: I have been RV'ng for 35 years B: I
> > live
> > > where it can and has reached minus 40 in the winter. C. We
> > winterize
> > > our summer cottage every fall.
> > >
> > > My experience has been that compressed air by itself is not
> > enough.
> > > Water will be trapped at the elbows. Especially with copper
> pipes.
> > > Assuming you have some sort of bypass the best method is to
> first
> > > blow out all the lines. Then using a hand pump, pump the pink
> > stuff
> > > BACK from the faucets into the lines. For instance you can open
> > the
> > > bathroom faucet and pump from the kitchen faucet back to the
> > > bathroom. When pink stuff comes out of the bathroom faucet pump
> > from
> > > the bathroom faucet to the shower. finally you need to make sure
> > that
> > > pink stuff is in the lines from the bathroom to under the bed.
> You
> > > can manually open the check valve in the fresh water intake and
> > have
> > > some one pump from the bathroom till pink stuff comes out the
> > water
> > > intake. An alternate method is to disconnect the intake line at
> > the
> > > water pump and pump pink A/F to each faucet and toilet. Murphy's
> > law
> > > states that if a line is going to freeze it will be in the most
> > > inaccessable place!
> > >
> > > Bruce 1988 FC 35
> > >
> >
>
>
>



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Rob, Sue & Merlin Robinson
94 WLWB


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