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Can anyone tell me the best/easiest way to blow the water out of the water lines as part of a winterization procedure?
Thanks Mike Morgan Central Texas Home Inspections mike@centraltexashomeinspections.com www.centraltexashomeinspections.com |
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Hire someone to do it.
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Cyr Home and Commercial Property Inspections IAC2 Certified NACHI04070211 http://co.nachi.org/inachiawards Commercial Builder CertainTeed Master Shingle Applicator Shingle Technology Ouellet Associaties Inc. http://www.oaconstruction.com/ |
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I blow the traps out with air from a pressurized portable cylinder. You can buy the cylinders from Graingers.
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and here I was thinking dynamite....silly me.....
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Marcel Cyr Home and Commercial Property Inspections IAC2 Certified NACHI04070211 http://co.nachi.org/inachiawards Commercial Builder CertainTeed Master Shingle Applicator Shingle Technology Ouellet Associaties Inc. http://www.oaconstruction.com/ |
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Prefer RV antifreeze myself. "Never underestimate the difficulty of changing false beliefs by facts." |
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There are often sections of plumbing piping that do not have sufficient slope to drain. On homes I winterize in northern Arizona, I add a drain at the lowest spot I can find. Vent the system as you drain it, blow everything out with air and then add the ant-freeze to the traps..
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I'd like to de-winterize myself right about now in northern Illinois! Owl Home Inspections Rick Maday Itasca, IL Home Inspector Serving all Chicago Suburbs Schaumburg Home Inspector Naperville Home Inspector Lake County Home Inspector
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"Never underestimate the difficulty of changing false beliefs by facts." |
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When you "winterize" a house or multi-family do you also blow out water supply lines. I've run into several with frozen copper pipe and to me it would seem advantageous to start at the meter and blow the lines as dry as possible through the farthest open valve (faucet). I never do any winterizing or de-winterizing myself and would like to know. I am pretty sure no one around here does this.
In the world view we are all important and our mere existence effects all life. Jack Gilleland Home Inspection Services Clayton Commercial, Multifamily, and Residential jgilleland1@att.net Ohio_Commercial and_Home_Inspections activerain |
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Jack that is one good looking dog!
Carla |
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Thanks, I'd tell him you said so, but his head is to big already.
In the world view we are all important and our mere existence effects all life. Jack Gilleland Home Inspection Services Clayton Commercial, Multifamily, and Residential jgilleland1@att.net Ohio_Commercial and_Home_Inspections activerain |
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