3 dog nights wrote:
You guys are too much. Yes, if I pay someone to work on my stuff I expect them to stand behind it. If I have put the system in danger prior to them working on it I will tell them. Always have, always will, that is why my service people will work with me and give me a priority. This is a new vendor, I have to earn their trust as they earn my business.
You pretty well described why I do as much of my own work as I can. I am the only one that I have found that stands behind my work.
On a slightly different subject, PEX waterlines are supposed to be able to survive freezing, just like a garden hose. I find that after I drain the tank (and water heater) I can turn on the water pump and it moves enough air to do an adequate job of blowing out the lines with very little work. I then undo the feed line to the pump itself to make sure that it is drained, make sure that the water filter is empty and pour a little antifreeze in each P-trap and I am done. I do keep some heat going but I am not sure how much it helps.