Frozen Pipes.
We are noobs to the RV life, and decided we would come to Nashville for the New Year from Houston. Thinking we took the proper safety precautions, our pipes froze this morning after our fresh water ta...
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time2roll wrote:fallonator22 wrote:Just need some prep and old man winter can be kept in control. Very difficult to troubleshoot in harsh conditions when just living is taking most of your energy. BTDT.
it is now warm in the storage. furnace is still running, it is warm in the RV, cabinets are open, there is a heater pointing at the blank cabinet behind the bathroom, where i guess the pump is?? i have no idea where the pump is. either way. still no water. will never travel in the winter again.
Anyway you need to start at the start and verify what is frozen. Start with the fresh water tank and the water pump. Get some heat to these items until you can verify water flows. You may need to disconnect a fitting to verify. Then move along and see if the WH is getting water pressure and any fixtures along the way. Continue along into all areas until water is flowing. Hard to access areas could prove difficult.
This is all a pitn and you might be better off to just go south. Heated shop sounds good but will only last one day unless they also prep your RV for the conditions.
I have added a circulating system for my pipes to keep hot water moving around the blind areas. Also added electric pipe heaters and tank heat pads where needed. No more worries and I have an entry level trailer made for Summer use.
thanks for the advice. i'm not sure where the water pump even is, we are going to take off the wall in the storage that is along the connections side of the storage and see if it is there, i have already removed some of the blank cabinets and nothing. will probably do all this in the morning. you are right, it is taking everything out of us to try to figure it out, and not being uber familiar with all the inner workings of our fifth wheel, we are just guessing. very frustrating. water won't go thru city, but will flow to fresh tank. pump is frozen i'm assuming, so need to heat that and possibly the fresh tank can supply the water. furnace has been on last 2 days and heater has been pointed directly at where connections go in, and still city water won't run past where you hook it up. just frustrating. on top of all this, black tank valve is frozen and i need to try to heat that up, open, and there's a chance everything in the tank could be frozen as well. so then there's that to deal with!
