Author: Tars Tarkas
Subject: winterizing
Posted: 03 Sep 2016 at 10:04pm
My toilet valve froze last winter. I didn't discover it for a while. There was just a tiny crack in the valve that sprayed a fine mist on out the back, which eventually trickled down into the shower basis.
I do the antifreeze but apparently I wasn't diligent enough. This the kind of thing that is much more likely to happen if you blow out the lines, in my opinion, anyway.
The repair to the toilet was surprisingly easy -- after removing the toilet, and only cost about $25 for a part on Amazon. Still, $3 worth of pink stuff would have saved a lot of effort.
TT
Subject: winterizing
Posted: 03 Sep 2016 at 10:04pm
My toilet valve froze last winter. I didn't discover it for a while. There was just a tiny crack in the valve that sprayed a fine mist on out the back, which eventually trickled down into the shower basis.
I do the antifreeze but apparently I wasn't diligent enough. This the kind of thing that is much more likely to happen if you blow out the lines, in my opinion, anyway.
The repair to the toilet was surprisingly easy -- after removing the toilet, and only cost about $25 for a part on Amazon. Still, $3 worth of pink stuff would have saved a lot of effort.
TT