On Fri, 16 Jan 2015 08:05:09 -0500, Stormin Mormon
wrote:

On 1/15/2015 8:52 AM, Art Todesco wrote:
There was a shutoff/drain in the basement. The pipe ran under the
concrete garage floor, came up just inside the front wall, went up the
wall on the surface of the drywall, turned and went to the sill cock. I
would shut off the valve, open the drain in the basement and open the
sill cock outside. Maybe 1/2 cup of water would drain back; certainly
not an amount for approximately 30' of 1/2" pipe. I'm sure it froze
every winter. Never had a problem unless a hose was left attached.


You'd be amazed how many people don't understand
the simple requirement to remove the hose before
freezing weather.

That's another thing my neighbor hasn't done, in the back.

I don't do it, but I don't *understand* it either.

If the hose is on the ground and isn't closed off by a trigger sprayer
or something at the far end, and the tap is 2 feet high, won't at least
the nearest 2 feet of hose drain In fact, won't must of the hose
drain just by lying there?

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