Water Turn on Question

AC2717 · 04-11-2023, 05:18 PM

Any feel that turning on the water for the season this Friday is a going to be a problem. I do not believe so but my wife is questioning it from a freezing standpoint

Pine Island Guy · 04-11-2023, 05:47 PM

Looking at the extended two week forecast there aren't any temps that go below the high 30s... even if it did hit freezing overnight sometime, it wouldn't be enough to create a problem in your pipes... it would take an extended few hours well below 32 to actually freeze solid... and with the shorter nights, I can't believe that would happen before next fall...

Looking like 78 on Friday, might have to take my first dip in the water!! -PIG

WinnisquamZ · 04-11-2023, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by AC2717

Any feel that turning on the water for the season this Friday is a going to be a problem. I do not believe so but my wife is questioning it from a freezing standpoint

Your wife is wrong. However, I will leave it up to you how you tell her

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camp guy · 04-11-2023, 06:27 PM

Happy Wife - Happy Life !!

steve-on-mark · 04-11-2023, 07:46 PM

Our water is on til December....a lot colder then than it is now. Mine will be on Thursday, so I think you're good!

LIforrelaxin · 04-12-2023, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by AC2717

Any feel that turning on the water for the season this Friday is a going to be a problem. I do not believe so but my wife is questioning it from a freezing standpoint

As mine is going on Friday night or Saturday Morning, I don't think it is a concern............ Temps are warm enough now....while we might still get some low mornings I don't think we will see many below the freezing point...

Merrymeeting · 04-12-2023, 02:56 PM

Prior to moving here full-time, we always turned on Patriots Day weekend. In 20 years, with exposed pipes and no insulation, it was never a problem. A few years I got nervous. But never had an issue.

Broken Glass · 04-13-2023, 06:51 AM

Turned our water on yesterday. The Lake is 36.83 degrees..Good luck with that swim…..I will join you in July!!

WinnisquamZ · 04-13-2023, 09:09 AM

It’s not a swim, it’s a cold plunge. Joe Rogen says they are good for you

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Gilmanton Greenie · 04-17-2023, 07:07 PM

I’m a plumbing contractor and turned my outside water on this past weekend.

sunset on the dock · 04-18-2023, 07:24 AM

While we're on the subject of seasonal plumbing....I was always able to drain the pipes in my 70 year old cottage by gravity. A couple of years ago the bathroom shower had rusted out to the point of needing to be totally replaced. The old shower had separate hot and cold faucets. The plumber would not replace them and insisted because of code that he had to put in a mixer valve for the hot and cold water ("so no one can be scalded"). OK, fine, despite the fact that for decades no one had been scalded from said shower. I learned the following season that gravity drainage of the shower was no longer possible, despite having left the mixer valve half way open. Water gushed forth from my mixer valve the first spring. This left me with 2 alternatives: remove the valve for the winter (a pain in the neck) or blow out the valve with forced air from my compressor. I have chosen the latter and no longer have problems. But I still miss my 70 y/o classic hot and cold water faucets.

WinnisquamZ · 04-18-2023, 09:27 AM

That’s how I do my bunk house plumbing. Attach a low pressure air supply to the pipes and turn handle until water stops spiting out

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Descant · 04-18-2023, 10:59 AM

Similar set up 60+ years old. Everybody loves the old (non-restrictive) shower head and the soft lake water. Always just gravity drained and left the valves open. Once, about 30 years ago, I had a winter split in the 24" vertical pipe that runs from the valves to the shower head. Taught my daughter how to solder in a patch and all OK again, but I never could figure out why we had a split in the first place in a drained vertical pipe.

ApS · 04-18-2023, 06:05 PM

I had a similar split in a vertical copper pipe. It led to an outside hose bib, but can't recall if I'd absent-mindedly closed the faucet.

Maybe it was a cold north wind, but I didn't want to scare up the necessary hardware. Instead, I took a yarn from a nearby mop, and pressed it into the "breech". Using a Channel-Lock pliers from the opposite side. I then crushed the broken edges together on the yarn.

Instead of "just getting by" for the next 24 hours, the "fix" lasted several years until a visiting plumber rejected my handiwork.

I've saved my work product in spite of his disrespecting my provisional--but long-lived--repair.

Descant · 04-19-2023, 10:06 AM

Aps--love our ingenuity.

04-11-2023, 05:18 PM	#1
AC2717 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Maynard, MA & Paugus Bay Posts: 2,521 Thanks: 747 Thanked 344 Times in 257 Posts	Water Turn on Question Any feel that turning on the water for the season this Friday is a going to be a problem. I do not believe so but my wife is questioning it from a freezing standpoint __________________ Capt. of the "No Worries"

04-11-2023, 05:47 PM	#2
Pine Island Guy Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: pine island of course! Posts: 405 Thanks: 236 Thanked 233 Times in 111 Posts	go for it!! Looking at the extended two week forecast there aren't any temps that go below the high 30s... even if it did hit freezing overnight sometime, it wouldn't be enough to create a problem in your pipes... it would take an extended few hours well below 32 to actually freeze solid... and with the shorter nights, I can't believe that would happen before next fall... Looking like 78 on Friday, might have to take my first dip in the water!! -PIG

04-11-2023, 06:27 PM	#4
camp guy Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: formerly Winter Harbor, still Wolfeboro Posts: 1,133 Thanks: 284 Thanked 480 Times in 271 Posts	Water turn on Happy Wife - Happy Life !!

04-11-2023, 07:46 PM	#5
steve-on-mark Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Epping, NH / Mark Island Posts: 1,675 Thanks: 163 Thanked 665 Times in 379 Posts	Our water is on til December....a lot colder then than it is now. Mine will be on Thursday, so I think you're good! __________________ ....keeping " urban decay " out of photos for nearly a year.

04-18-2023, 06:05 PM	#14
ApS Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Florida (Sebring & Keys), Wolfeboro Posts: 5,788 Thanks: 2,084 Thanked 742 Times in 532 Posts	Faucet = Hose Bib... I had a similar split in a vertical copper pipe. It led to an outside hose bib, but can't recall if I'd absent-mindedly closed the faucet. Maybe it was a cold north wind, but I didn't want to scare up the necessary hardware. Instead, I took a yarn from a nearby mop, and pressed it into the "breech". Using a Channel-Lock pliers from the opposite side. I then crushed the broken edges together on the yarn. Instead of "just getting by" for the next 24 hours, the "fix" lasted several years until a visiting plumber rejected my handiwork. I've saved my work product in spite of his disrespecting my provisional--but long-lived--repair.

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04-12-2023, 02:56 PM	#7
Merrymeeting Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Merrymeeting Lake, New Durham Posts: 2,217 Thanks: 299 Thanked 795 Times in 365 Posts	Prior to moving here full-time, we always turned on Patriots Day weekend. In 20 years, with exposed pipes and no insulation, it was never a problem. A few years I got nervous. But never had an issue.

04-13-2023, 06:51 AM	#8
Broken Glass Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Atkinson,NH/Rattlesnake Island Posts: 163 Thanks: 325 Thanked 66 Times in 27 Posts	Turned our water on yesterday. The Lake is 36.83 degrees..Good luck with that swim…..I will join you in July!!

04-13-2023, 09:09 AM	#9
WinnisquamZ Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2016 Posts: 1,889 Thanks: 192 Thanked 593 Times in 398 Posts	It’s not a swim, it’s a cold plunge. Joe Rogen says they are good for you Sent from my iPhone using Winnipesaukee Forum mobile app

04-17-2023, 07:07 PM	#10
Gilmanton Greenie Junior Member Join Date: May 2022 Location: Gilmanton, NH Posts: 5 Thanks: 14 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	I’m a plumbing contractor and turned my outside water on this past weekend.

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04-18-2023, 07:24 AM	#11
sunset on the dock Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 329 Thanks: 134 Thanked 101 Times in 66 Posts	While we're on the subject of seasonal plumbing....I was always able to drain the pipes in my 70 year old cottage by gravity. A couple of years ago the bathroom shower had rusted out to the point of needing to be totally replaced. The old shower had separate hot and cold faucets. The plumber would not replace them and insisted because of code that he had to put in a mixer valve for the hot and cold water ("so no one can be scalded"). OK, fine, despite the fact that for decades no one had been scalded from said shower. I learned the following season that gravity drainage of the shower was no longer possible, despite having left the mixer valve half way open. Water gushed forth from my mixer valve the first spring. This left me with 2 alternatives: remove the valve for the winter (a pain in the neck) or blow out the valve with forced air from my compressor. I have chosen the latter and no longer have problems. But I still miss my 70 y/o classic hot and cold water faucets.

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04-18-2023, 09:27 AM	#12
WinnisquamZ Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2016 Posts: 1,889 Thanks: 192 Thanked 593 Times in 398 Posts	That’s how I do my bunk house plumbing. Attach a low pressure air supply to the pipes and turn handle until water stops spiting out Sent from my iPhone using Winnipesaukee Forum mobile app

04-18-2023, 10:59 AM	#13
Descant Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Merrimack and Welch Island Posts: 4,028 Thanks: 1,208 Thanked 1,508 Times in 982 Posts	Similar set up 60+ years old. Everybody loves the old (non-restrictive) shower head and the soft lake water. Always just gravity drained and left the valves open. Once, about 30 years ago, I had a winter split in the 24" vertical pipe that runs from the valves to the shower head. Taught my daughter how to solder in a patch and all OK again, but I never could figure out why we had a split in the first place in a drained vertical pipe.

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04-19-2023, 10:06 AM	#15
Descant Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Merrimack and Welch Island Posts: 4,028 Thanks: 1,208 Thanked 1,508 Times in 982 Posts	Aps--love our ingenuity.

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