freezing temps on Thursday

I know water freezes at 32 but your lines will be fine ,it takes a bit colder (mid 20's)and a strong wind to swell/burst the lines.The water is not pure and residual ground heat will keep them from freezing at at all.

the temps will only be below freezing for a few hours I bet.

troubledwaters wrote:
Yes, you risk damaging the water lines. The risk is directly proportional to how cold it gets for how long. Even 30° for one hour can freeze those tiny lines. Will that damage them? Who knows. How about providing some supplemental heat, or blowing out the lines but no antifreeze? Or just wing it. The risk is pretty low, but the other side of the coin is it could result in hidden damage that causes big problems like delamination down the road. No easy answer. Easy for me to say take a chance cause it ain't mine to pay to fix down the road. So do you feel lucky today?

:h

Really??

Seem it takes at least a couple hours to make small ice cubes when the freezer is a zero or even -10 degree F.

Part depends on daytime temps, if daytime gets to high 40's or low 50's shouldn't be an issues even down to about 28 degrees. If you look at hourly temps likely only below freezing for about 2 to 4 hours, the trailer is a heat sink, and will hold the daytime heat.

heat

KandK,

If you can put any heat on inside the coach, it should be just fine. If you can't, opening the ALL the taps and the low points is a good start.
Anything built after the early 80's has all plastic lines. They can freeze and not be harmed, but the metal parts are all at risk.

Heat is cheapest and fastest.

Matt

With the faucets and low point drains all open you should be fine at those temps.

Yes, you risk damaging the water lines. The risk is directly proportional to how cold it gets for how long. Even 30° for one hour can freeze those tiny lines. Will that damage them? Who knows. How about providing some supplemental heat, or blowing out the lines but no antifreeze? Or just wing it. The risk is pretty low, but the other side of the coin is it could result in hidden damage that causes big problems like delamination down the road. No easy answer. Easy for me to say take a chance cause it ain't mine to pay to fix down the road. So do you feel lucky today?