Blow out water lines question
First time trying the blow out method. The one thing that I typically dont see is what do folks do with the freshwater pump? The one thing I read was to fully drain the freshwater tank. Then turn ...
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GDEtrailer wrote:
People around this forum act like a broken line is a huge expensive ordeal, it is not, PEX is cheap and easy to work with and with sharkbite fittings can easily fix a broken line in less than 5 minutes.. PEX also is quite tolerant for flexing caused by ice expansion when compared to copper lines or the old Quest (grey stuff) plastic..
Fixing the Pex is generally easy enough. It's finding the leak and gaining access to it in order to fix it that is the challenge. That does not include any damage caused by the leak.
Murphy's law dictates the leak will not be in a easy to access spot!
For the record standard insurance policy procedure is to pay for damage caused by a leak but they don't actually pay to fix the leak itself.
The damage is generally a bigger problem than the leak!
My point is use anti freeze and avoid any issues. Antifreeze is cheaper than shark bites. Easier to use than a saw, requires less effort than removing the underbelly. Does involve drying anything out. Antifreeze is also much cheaper than replacing, fixtures, valves,pumps or a host of miscellaneous parts
People around this forum act like a broken line is a huge expensive ordeal, it is not, PEX is cheap and easy to work with and with sharkbite fittings can easily fix a broken line in less than 5 minutes.. PEX also is quite tolerant for flexing caused by ice expansion when compared to copper lines or the old Quest (grey stuff) plastic..
Fixing the Pex is generally easy enough. It's finding the leak and gaining access to it in order to fix it that is the challenge. That does not include any damage caused by the leak.
Murphy's law dictates the leak will not be in a easy to access spot!
For the record standard insurance policy procedure is to pay for damage caused by a leak but they don't actually pay to fix the leak itself.
The damage is generally a bigger problem than the leak!
My point is use anti freeze and avoid any issues. Antifreeze is cheaper than shark bites. Easier to use than a saw, requires less effort than removing the underbelly. Does involve drying anything out. Antifreeze is also much cheaper than replacing, fixtures, valves,pumps or a host of miscellaneous parts
