Winterization: wet or dry?
It is way early in the season (even up here in the NorthEast), but I'm trying to head off a disaster later on... We (DW and myself) are planning on taking a late November trip down south (Florida? ...
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skipnchar wrote:
Blowing out the lines (dry method) works well as LONG as you're very meticulous in the job you do. Any remaining water left at a critical place CAN cause you some repairs (water left in the water pump, check valves or faucet valves in particular). The "wet method" is much more fool proof and doesn't take much skill to do it right. It is also a faster method but the cost is a little higher (the cost of the antifreeze).
Good luck / Skip
X2
For each day of a hard freeze,
the antifreeze method = no worries
the blow out method = hope I got it all out
