- 1. Seasonal Cottage Plumbing (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Juhas <james.f.juhas@snet.net>
- Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 09:12:20 -0500
- I have a 3-season cottage in Northwestern Connecticut (Bethlehem) where I experience freezing problems with the plumbing, due to my desire to extend the season as much as I can. Ultimately, I plan to
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- 2. Re: Seasonal Cottage Plumbing (score: 1)
- Author: "Brian C. Kennedy" <kennedybc@comcast.net>
- Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 12:54:10 -0500
- Jim, I can't answer you question, other than to say I've had outdoor plastic pipes freeze in pretty spectacular ways. My father-in-law had a little hand pump he used to blow out the lines at his cott
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- 3. Re: Seasonal Cottage Plumbing (score: 1)
- Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 13:01:43 -0600
- plastic hand put valve. Thanks for reminding me. I need to drag my wife's garden-hose reel out of my shop where I put it when the cold set in. I need to blow it with compressed air and leave it outsi
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- 4. Re: Seasonal Cottage Plumbing (score: 1)
- Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
- Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 14:26:09 -0500
- Just a specific addendum, around here most of the new houses use PEX pipe, so somebody must trust it. If you install it commercially, generally you use the $300 crimp tool which makes all of the join
- /html/shop-talk/2004-11/msg00016.html (8,681 bytes)
- 5. Re: Seasonal Cottage Plumbing (score: 1)
- Author: "David C." <cavanadd@kendra.com>
- Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 12:33:12 -0800
- I wouldn't use PVC; I had some hose bib lines in my pump house freeze and they shattered along the entire length. I had never had any problems with the lines in my pump house freezing before. It's ab
- /html/shop-talk/2004-11/msg00019.html (8,141 bytes)
- 6. RE: Seasonal Cottage Plumbing (score: 1)
- Author: "Mullen, Tim \(IIS\)" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
- Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 13:26:49 -0500
- When I used to live in Wyoming, the house had a drain "system" for the outside faucet and sprinkler system. It was simply two valves in the basement - a gate valve to isolate the line from the rest o
- /html/shop-talk/2004-11/msg00024.html (7,707 bytes)
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