KadeC
New Member
Hello, we're close to Billings Montana where it can get -30 degrees in the winter. Our situation is this:
We removed a rusted out automatic horse watering trough and capped off the water pipe. This 1" water poly water line comes up vertically from the ground and is surrounded by a 6" pvc pipe "shaft". this shaft is probably 6' deep. The end of the piping is capped off with a galvanized plug and is pretty much even with the ground surface. There is no sub surface way to shut off or drain this end of the line piping
The water line first leaves our well pit, runs about 50' to feed a self draining bury pipe spigot, than runs another 50' to another bury pipe spigot, then runs probably 30' to the dead ended plug
The old water trough had electric heat. Unfortunately we had to remove the electric line that went to the trough area, so electronically heating the end pipe is out of the question.
I did consider shutting water off to this entire system for winter, un plugging the pipe end and siphoning out the water at least down to the 6' level, but we need to leave the 2 bury pipe spigots operational .,.,so of course the pipe would refill with water
I've thought maybe I could do this:
1) shut off water at well pit source to depressure water line.
2) un plug dead end, siphon out water (at least down to the 6' depth area)
3) fill emptied pipe with antfreeze and re plug
4) slowly turn water back on
5) the water pressure will "push" against the antifreeze and "hold" it in the last 6' of pipe, preventing it from freezing
6) the 2 bury pipe spigots will be operational (and of course self drain)
Will this plan work?
Thank you in advance!
We removed a rusted out automatic horse watering trough and capped off the water pipe. This 1" water poly water line comes up vertically from the ground and is surrounded by a 6" pvc pipe "shaft". this shaft is probably 6' deep. The end of the piping is capped off with a galvanized plug and is pretty much even with the ground surface. There is no sub surface way to shut off or drain this end of the line piping
The water line first leaves our well pit, runs about 50' to feed a self draining bury pipe spigot, than runs another 50' to another bury pipe spigot, then runs probably 30' to the dead ended plug
The old water trough had electric heat. Unfortunately we had to remove the electric line that went to the trough area, so electronically heating the end pipe is out of the question.
I did consider shutting water off to this entire system for winter, un plugging the pipe end and siphoning out the water at least down to the 6' level, but we need to leave the 2 bury pipe spigots operational .,.,so of course the pipe would refill with water
I've thought maybe I could do this:
1) shut off water at well pit source to depressure water line.
2) un plug dead end, siphon out water (at least down to the 6' depth area)
3) fill emptied pipe with antfreeze and re plug
4) slowly turn water back on
5) the water pressure will "push" against the antifreeze and "hold" it in the last 6' of pipe, preventing it from freezing
6) the 2 bury pipe spigots will be operational (and of course self drain)
Will this plan work?
Thank you in advance!