I am located in NY and have a "seasonal" city water account. (The house is on well water; the city water is for irrigation/swimming pool only.)
The city turned off my water supply at a publicly-inaccessible valve at the street. After the valve, the water pipe--which is below frost depth--travels a distance of 10' into my front yard, then into the water meter which is located in an open pit and exposed to ambient temperatures. After the meter, there is a few more short lengths of elbows before there was a union that I could separate. Everything on my side of the union, including yard irrigation lines etc., has been blown empty.
I am worried about the 10' length of pipe and the meter which still has water in it. How am I supposed to winterize this length?
The city turned off my water supply at a publicly-inaccessible valve at the street. After the valve, the water pipe--which is below frost depth--travels a distance of 10' into my front yard, then into the water meter which is located in an open pit and exposed to ambient temperatures. After the meter, there is a few more short lengths of elbows before there was a union that I could separate. Everything on my side of the union, including yard irrigation lines etc., has been blown empty.
I am worried about the 10' length of pipe and the meter which still has water in it. How am I supposed to winterize this length?