Winterizing question
I winterized my 5th first by blowing out the water with my compressor then drawing antifreeze through all the lines. I've done the same thing for the last 4 years without issue. I spoke to a couple of...
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Burst pipes are due to water trapped between two slugs of ice, not the ice itself. If there was just ice and air in the lines, the ice would compress the air, which is easy to do, and pressure would be extremely unlikely to get high enough to cause any issues. But if the expanding ice tries to compress water (which is basically incompressible!), the pressure skyrockets, and pipes burst where the water is.
So...if you've removed enough water that it is unlikely to form ice plugs, with water trapped between, then any left over that freezes does no harm.
I blow mine out, add the pink, and leave taps open, just as a belt and suspenders thing, even though I know it is being overly cautious!
So...if you've removed enough water that it is unlikely to form ice plugs, with water trapped between, then any left over that freezes does no harm.
I blow mine out, add the pink, and leave taps open, just as a belt and suspenders thing, even though I know it is being overly cautious!
