Blowing Lines
When using air to blow out the lines my furthest water source is our outside kitchen. Is it best to just open the cold side and get all the water out then close and move to the next closest and open ...
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dodge guy wrote:
Pink stuff is the way to go! Just blowing it out will always leave water laying in a low lying line somewhere. This has the potential to freeze and rupture.
Only if it's done wrong or poorly, amazing how many people think a dinky little compressor will do the job. You need a unit big enough to hold a minimum of 50psi with a 1/4" opening wide open for as long as it takes for ALL the water to be blown out of the lines.
dodge guy wrote:
I think the "blow it out only camp" has never lived in a -20deg. area!
I blow my lines several times each winter, have done so for 20+ years, never had a single problem.
Yes, it gets cold up here in Canada too.
BTW, they use air to blow irrigation systems too, I'm pretty sure if it didn't work and they had to dig up lawns and golf courses every spring to make repairs every spring, they'd use some other method.
