How to leave hot water heater while gone
First-time snowbirder mulling over how to leave our home hot water while gone on a 3-month long trip south this winter. We have city water and it will be shut off at the street. Furnace will be...
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You said you don't want to drain it, but thats the best way not to have any surprises.
Just hook a garden hose to the drain, and run it to a drain or outside. If you open one faucet at a time, it will siphon the water out of the pipe, when its clear, you will here some gurgling in the tank. Then close that Faust and go to the next.
I also pump RV anti freeze through my lines, then shut off the heat, and go. Nothing to worry about, and not paying to heat the place. When pumping I let each run a little to fill the goose necks. I also throw a handful of rock salt in each drain.
Probably more info than you wanted. But after over eight years of leaving the heat on, and coming home to broken pipes each time from power loss, I cant help but warn you.
Just hook a garden hose to the drain, and run it to a drain or outside. If you open one faucet at a time, it will siphon the water out of the pipe, when its clear, you will here some gurgling in the tank. Then close that Faust and go to the next.
I also pump RV anti freeze through my lines, then shut off the heat, and go. Nothing to worry about, and not paying to heat the place. When pumping I let each run a little to fill the goose necks. I also throw a handful of rock salt in each drain.
Probably more info than you wanted. But after over eight years of leaving the heat on, and coming home to broken pipes each time from power loss, I cant help but warn you.
