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Originally Posted by Stangfire
I got everything winterized yesterday using the antifreeze method. Once I had pink coming out all faucets I turned off the pump and called it done. Hooked the water line back to the pump. After I got home from the 2 hour drive from camp I thought to myself I should have opened all the faucets to relief the pressure. Perhaps the pressure will bleed off on its own?
Do you think this is an issue? Should the taps have been left open all winter? I had lots of antifreeze coming out all faucets.
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You may be OK with the faucet stems closed, or you may not. That all depends on the type of antifreeze, how much water was still in the lines to dilute your antifreeze and if you ran enough through the lines to displace the water rather than to just dilute the mixture.
That said, I always leave all my faucets open after winterizing. Why? So there's no "closed space in the valve stems. Anything that's a "closed space" will increase the risk of expanding ice causing damage. With the valve stems open, there's a "space open for expansion without cracking the closed valve stem.
Does it really, REALLY matter? That depends on how much water remained in the lines when you ran antifreeze through the system and whether there's enough antifreeze in the mixture to protect the closed valve stems.
Hopefully you remembered the city water connection on the side of the trailer, the toilet valve, the outdoor shower, the black tank flush and all the P traps ?????