Early freeze warning tonight!

[breal14]

eeeek, i'm not ready, and we are having unseasonably early freeze warning for tonight. it will be under 34 degrees from about 10pm to 9am the following day with a low around 30.

While i've drained everything i can, i'm sure there's still water in there and i haven't blown out the lines and p-traps surely have fluid in it.

I ordered the pink stuff last week - it's not here yet.

What's my best solution to get through the night? Plug it in to the house (regular 15amp), turn on the gas and turn on the heat? It's in my driveway.

 

[Kevin D Pem]

eeeek, i'm not ready, and we are having unseasonably early freeze warning for tonight. it will be under 34 degrees from about 10pm to 9am the following day with a low around 30.

While i've drained everything i can, i'm sure there's still water in there and i haven't blown out the lines and p-traps surely have fluid in it.

I ordered the pink stuff last week - it's not here yet.

What's my best solution to get through the night? Plug it in to the house (regular 15amp), turn on the gas and turn on the heat? It's in my driveway.

That works

 

[Rollin Ollen]

eeeek, i'm not ready, and we are having unseasonably early freeze warning for tonight. it will be under 34 degrees from about 10pm to 9am the following day with a low around 30.

While i've drained everything i can, i'm sure there's still water in there and i haven't blown out the lines and p-traps surely have fluid in it.

I ordered the pink stuff last week - it's not here yet.

What's my best solution to get through the night? Plug it in to the house (regular 15amp), turn on the gas and turn on the heat? It's in my driveway.

If you have drained the hot water tank leave the drain open. I would open all of the taps. If your wet bay is enclosed I would put a space heater in there set at low. Set your furnace as low as you can and turn on the heat. I don't think 30F would be cold enough to split any pipes but better to be safe than sorry.

 

[Holdmybeer]

If it's not a hard freeze you're likely okay for now. I'd go ahead and blow the lines and if you can't access RV antifreeze for the p-traps, windshield washer fluid will do.

 

[breal14]

I emptied the hot water heater - thanks for that reminder. I thought it was bypassed. I never used hot water in it. That was a wake up call. a few gallons pored out. Thanks for that!

I ran every drop i could out of the tank/pump and popped open the grey tank and drove around the block. i had previously dumped it appropriately, so this was just fresh water coming out.

opened the outdoor shower and that pored a ton of water out too. damn. never used that either. lol

I don't have the tool to blow the lines. I ordered it a few days ago and it's not in yet. ugh. This early freeze really caught me off guard. For context it was 87 last weekend! now it's going to be in the low 30s. November weather rolled in with a cold front out of no where. I was planning to do all this on Columbus day. on the plus side, it looks like the forecast went up a few degrees. I'm seeing more 33's than 29s now compared to this morning.

I went to run the heat -- turned the gas on, and damn, it smells like eggs almost immediately. ugh. I might have sprung a leak.
too risky, especially if i'm not going to be around it, i shut it off before it became another thing to deal with (on the plus side, a huge fire ball will stop the pipes from freezing lol)

I'm hoping that driving the block (which is super hilly) got everything out the drains into the grey and out the exit point. I guess we'll find out the hard way in the morning.

My holding tank is under my bed, it's nearly empty but will never be empty. I opened it as well for the block drive so maybe enough got out. it's a bit flexible of a container so it should be fine.