Question on winterizing
We have a 2021 Apex 288BHS that we purchased in the Spring. I live in Central MD, but with the temperatures expected to dip to 28 Wednesday night, I wanted to know when I should think about winterizin...
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coolmom42 wrote:slashnburn wrote:
I can attest to the crappy plumbing. The drain from the kitchen sink is a flexible pipe, which is completely pinched from the way it was routed. I got tired of the drain backing up and decided to dig into it myself. Among a few other issues that we need to have addressed via the warranty, this is another.
I do have exposed valves. The tanks are empty, minus black that has just enough to keep any TP from drying up and getting some TST in it, but I can dump some antifreeze down the drain and toilet.
If the drain valves do freeze, they will just thaw out... not usually a problem, since water has plenty of room to expand in there.
If there are a few drips at the bottom of the pipe, probably but I would dump some antifreeze in the tank or preferably fully drain exposed drain pipes.
On the positive side, at 28F, the antifreeze can get watered down a bit and still do it's job since it only has to pull the freeze point of the mixture down by 3 degrees (vs a deep winter freeze where it gets down to negative temps and you really need full strength)
