Cabin: What steps to close

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snow_monkey

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I leave a light bulb on under my house near the water supply line that comes from the well to the house. It also has heat tape wrapped around it. I keep my furnace at 45 deg., I also drain the water out of the house using a lower outside water valve. I have lost power for a long period of time and these methods have more than likely saved me alot of grief. Dont forget to put glass bottles, pop, salad dressing, ect. , into the refrigerator. If these items explode it will be ugly.
 
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djhupnorth

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more info: The cabin is on a slab so the pipe that runs to the kithen and bathroom actually go up in the attic. It is boxed and insulated in the attic. So my questions is how do you blow out the lines. I just opened the valves and the faucets and stuck the air hose nozzle and blew away. Is that all I do?

I am not comfortable keeping it heated since it has the original mobile home style propane furnace that does not even have a blower.
 
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snow_monkey

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dj, My mobile sits up high. I open all the fawcetts in the house except the washer lines then go outside and open the water tap on the well house. The well house is lower than the mobile so most of the water runs out. I know my water heater still dumps more water into the lines after I shut the valve but I have not had a problem yet. You have to experiment when you get a new place. I found it is a bonus when you can call someone who has owned the property before you.
 
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booondocker

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"..I just opened the valves and the faucets and stuck the air hose nozzle and blew away. Is that all I do?"

Not hardly pilgram....you need to install a fitting that takes the male end of an air compressor hose and screw it into the water line, at the faucet, or better yet a short "t" in the actual water line which you then can attach your compressor to and shut all valves to the system except the one you want water to rush out of, and then blow away.

Your hardware man should be able to set you up with the fitting, complete with a throw valve which shuts it off when you are using the water. Once you have it installed, you shut all but one faucet or spikot, and open up the valve inbetween the air hose fitting and water line blow it out and then shut the valve again.<font color="ff0000">&#149;</font><font color="ff0000">&#149;</font><font color="ff0000">&#149;</font><font color="ff0000">&#149;</font><font color="ff0000">&#149;</font> doesn't get much easier than that.

Some places have the whole plumbing system set so it self drains at the low end of the system...and that is the best there is....open it up and leave. Shut again when you get there and turn the pump on while your there and the place has heat....or in the spring.

btw, the above temperature alarms need a land line phone line to call when the temps drop...I own one for that and one that auto dials when the power goes off....both are great pieces of mind, and work well.
 
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choc_lab

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here is 2 links to a plug you just put on one of your faucets . turn off the pump and hot water breakers. Hook up your compressor to the plug build up pressure and do one faucet at a time till just air comes out. I have a hose on the bottom of hot water Heater i do that 1st. then build up the pressure to 80psi then do the other faucets including your pressure tank. i also have a valve to push to water from the cabin back down to the pump. then just put anti freeze in the drains and toilet.Sounds like a lot to do but once you do it is easy beats broken water lines.One more thing to get the hot water heater to drain you need to flip open the relief valve on te top. http://www.boatersland.com/cac-36104.html http://www.winterizemanufacturing.com/
 
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