Pipe draing question ?
When we go to Florida I always drain my entire house with no problems.
I have four low point drains.
My problem right now three weeks before we go is trying to get the water out of a section of pipe that feeds an out door spigot. Normally I can wait until we drain the entire house, but this year we are having extreme cold and I am afraid that that particular pipe will freeze.
All the piping except for that one is in an enclosed heated pipe chase. The shutoff for that pipe is also in the heated pipe chase.
The pipe is about fifteen feet long with a very slight slope from the shut off to the spigot. When I close the shutoff and open the spigot, the suction is evidently preventing the water from flowing out of the spigot.
Is there any simple way of getting the water to drain out with out making modifications to the system ?
I tried letting the water run and then closing the inside shut off, but that didn't work.
Jack L
I have four low point drains.
My problem right now three weeks before we go is trying to get the water out of a section of pipe that feeds an out door spigot. Normally I can wait until we drain the entire house, but this year we are having extreme cold and I am afraid that that particular pipe will freeze.
All the piping except for that one is in an enclosed heated pipe chase. The shutoff for that pipe is also in the heated pipe chase.
The pipe is about fifteen feet long with a very slight slope from the shut off to the spigot. When I close the shutoff and open the spigot, the suction is evidently preventing the water from flowing out of the spigot.
Is there any simple way of getting the water to drain out with out making modifications to the system ?
I tried letting the water run and then closing the inside shut off, but that didn't work.
Jack L
