Well water - seasonal and infrequent winter use?

Biggd · 11-15-2017, 07:32 AM

We use to have a seasonal place and we would just bring 5 gal buckets of water from home just to flush the toilet and regular bottled water to drink. It was much less work than draining the system every weekend. Then we would put ATV anti freeze in the toilet and sink before we left. But I do agree if you set it up right it can be an easy transition.
We had a neighbor that had the perfect set up. He built a little room under his kitchen and bath and heated just that room in the winter. He would just have to drain a couple of pipes down to that room and put RTV anti freeze in the traps when he left. The way he had it set up it took him all of 10 minutes and out the door. And it was almost nothing to heat that little room.

11-15-2017, 07:32 AM	#4
Biggd Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: Waltham Ma./Meredith NH Posts: 4,116 Thanks: 2,224 Thanked 1,190 Times in 757 Posts	We use to have a seasonal place and we would just bring 5 gal buckets of water from home just to flush the toilet and regular bottled water to drink. It was much less work than draining the system every weekend. Then we would put ATV anti freeze in the toilet and sink before we left. But I do agree if you set it up right it can be an easy transition. We had a neighbor that had the perfect set up. He built a little room under his kitchen and bath and heated just that room in the winter. He would just have to drain a couple of pipes down to that room and put RTV anti freeze in the traps when he left. The way he had it set up it took him all of 10 minutes and out the door. And it was almost nothing to heat that little room.