I am on well water and have a 40 gallon storage tank (Bladder type). The house will not be in use for several months. Is it advisable to drain the storage tank (as well as the hot water tank) while not in use? Power to both well pump and hot water tank have been turned off.
Securing Well Storage tank when not in use
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Draining a bladder tank is easy. Turn off the pump, open a faucet. When the water stops coming out the tank is empty.
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Thanks. I guess I wasnt clear in my question. Is there any harm if I do not drain the storage tank? Or for that matter do not drain the hot water tank. The storage tank bladder remains under constant pressure- will that shorten the life of the bladder, and thus the tank?
As long as you don't let them freeze, staying full of water won't hurt anything. But you should probably run some water through them when you get back as the water won't be very good after sitting in those tanks for so long.
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If the home sits dormant, I'd run a little chlorine bleach through the entire system just to keep it bacteria free.
Thanks. I was just concerned about the bladder remaining stretched for a long period. I guess they are designed to withstand such. [The house will remain warm]
Since you need to turn the power off to the pump while you are away to prevent flooding the house if you have a leak, I would also drain the pressure tank. Just leaves no water to flood if you do have a leak while your gone.
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