forgot to winterize and it went to 21 last night

RAS43 wrote:

barchetta1 wrote:


Drains are no where long enough to get into a jug of anti freeze.. I need an adapter.. and why there are two I dont know.. they are right below the outdoor shower.. maybe they are just for the shower.. I dont know.

There should be 1 drain for the cold line and 1 for hot.

OK.. well then it makes sense. If I had only known this 2 days ago.

Dave and Sue wrote:

I think I really screwed up

Probably,but maybe not.Do you have a walmart near by?Is so get some rv antifreeze there.Jumper cables to your battery if it's dead or low charged.You can make a adapter hose to pump from jugs to lines.If you need to clean out the tank you can do that in the spring.Run your furnace and pump and dump anti freeze in the drain.Not hard to do and can save many dollars in damage.If you don't know how to do these things,Google is your friend. Good luck.

I dont think my pump is going to self prime.. but I may give it a try. I think my only hope is that when I dumped my water heater and left the cap off that the lines drained. There is still dripping water coming out after two days.

Ive got to come up with a way to check for damage before leaving thursday.

barchetta1 wrote:


Drains are no where long enough to get into a jug of anti freeze.. I need an adapter.. and why there are two I dont know.. they are right below the outdoor shower.. maybe they are just for the shower.. I dont know.

There should be 1 drain for the cold line and 1 for hot.

I think I really screwed up

Probably,but maybe not.Do you have a walmart near by?Is so get some rv antifreeze there.Jumper cables to your battery if it's dead or low charged.You can make a adapter hose to pump from jugs to lines.If you need to clean out the tank you can do that in the spring.Run your furnace and pump and dump anti freeze in the drain.Not hard to do and can save many dollars in damage.If you don't know how to do these things,Google is your friend. Good luck.

I found two capped drain lines.. uncapped them. saw some ice on the ends.. this is not looking good. furnace is on, going back in a few hours. Tried to run the pump but it wont run.. I suppose frozen.

Per the owners manual, supposed to add 5 gal of anti freeze to water tank.. which I cant do because it needs to be cleaned first..

Supposedlly a filter on the pump which was supposed to be removed and replaced with a winterizing filter..

Drains are no where long enough to get into a jug of anti freeze.. I need an adapter.. and why there are two I dont know.. they are right below the outdoor shower.. maybe they are just for the shower.. I dont know.


Added proper anti freeze to drains.

I think I really screwed up.

barchetta1 wrote:
It would potentially be a low point as its below the floor?

I would have a look under the trailer to find the drain point ( water needs to go somewhere ).
Windows make a great point of reference going from outside to inside.

SkiSmuggs wrote:
The best partial remedy is to open the low point and fresh tank drains, then open all faucets, including outdoor shower and indoor shower, kitchen and bathroom sinks. Hold toilet flush open for a minute or so. Then pour a cup or so of RV anti-freeze into all drains to protect traps. RV anti-freeze is available at all hardware stores, Walmarts, maybe auto supply stores. You may be okay just doing that as it doesn't stay that cold where you are.

thanks.. im heading to walmart now.

The best partial remedy is to open the low point and fresh tank drains, then open all faucets, including outdoor shower and indoor shower, kitchen and bathroom sinks. Hold toilet flush open for a minute or so. Then pour a cup or so of RV anti-freeze into all drains to protect traps. RV anti-freeze is available at all hardware stores, Walmarts, maybe auto supply stores. You may be okay just doing that as it doesn't stay that cold where you are.

EV2 wrote:

barchetta1 wrote:


Damage if any is done.. so I learned my lesson. Its 23 now.

Be aware that freeze damage is cumulative. The freeze expands, then with a partial thaw and refreeze it continues to expand further. Resolving as soon as thawed is to your advantage.

yeah thats why I did what I could yesterday..

I was thinking, since I drained the water heater and didnt turn on the bypass valve, might I have drained some of the cold water system? It would potentially be a low point as its below the floor?

barchetta1 wrote:


Damage if any is done.. so I learned my lesson. Its 23 now.

Be aware that freeze damage is cumulative. The freeze expands, then with a partial thaw and refreeze it continues to expand further. Resolving as soon as thawed is to your advantage.