dans plumbing
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Hi everyone, this is likely the first of a few posts related to my journey of providing water to my summer cottage, in the winter. The cottage is insulated and wonderful in the winter, but the well pump (shared by 10 other cottages in Cape Cod) gets shut off in early November and doesn't recommission until April. I've been experimenting with various ways of being able to flush the toilet, wash up and take a shower. I've had success flushing the toilet with a small drinking faucet demand pump fed by 5-gallon jugs. This winter I'm going to up that game...
I've purchased a 264-gallon PVC bladder storage tank to be located directly under my bathroom in the insulated crawlspace, and a 115V AC, 3.3 GPM, 45 PSI, Self Priming demand pump, possibly with a pressure tank. My question centers around reviews that suggest a significant plastic smell from the water that leaves the PVC bladder. If I bypass my main plumbing system and plumb directly into the toilet, I wouldn't care about any residual plastic smell in the spring. But I'm planning to pay a local plumber to install the requisite valves and fittings to allow me to isolate my winter water from the rest of the cottages' water system, and essentially run my cottage's fixtures from my tank. If it all works, I may invest in a very large (1,000+ gallons) bladder tank in the future.
So the question: if plastic smelling water sits in my copper pipes, and my 40-gallon hot water heater for 5 months or so, will the smell persist after the well turns back on and the system is flushed out with fresh water? Or will the pipes and water heater retain that plastic smell? Sorry if it's a dumb question, but I don't want to regret this experiment!
I've purchased a 264-gallon PVC bladder storage tank to be located directly under my bathroom in the insulated crawlspace, and a 115V AC, 3.3 GPM, 45 PSI, Self Priming demand pump, possibly with a pressure tank. My question centers around reviews that suggest a significant plastic smell from the water that leaves the PVC bladder. If I bypass my main plumbing system and plumb directly into the toilet, I wouldn't care about any residual plastic smell in the spring. But I'm planning to pay a local plumber to install the requisite valves and fittings to allow me to isolate my winter water from the rest of the cottages' water system, and essentially run my cottage's fixtures from my tank. If it all works, I may invest in a very large (1,000+ gallons) bladder tank in the future.
So the question: if plastic smelling water sits in my copper pipes, and my 40-gallon hot water heater for 5 months or so, will the smell persist after the well turns back on and the system is flushed out with fresh water? Or will the pipes and water heater retain that plastic smell? Sorry if it's a dumb question, but I don't want to regret this experiment!
