donchanger
New Member
I am on a dead well (redevelopment attempted, no success), waiting for a new one to be drilled. Waiting period in our area is roughly 4-6 weeks.
In the meantime, we are attached to a neighbor's house via several garden hoses. This works fine (after a while on a dying well, it has been great!).
Until yesterday... when temps dropped to 12 degrees. We left a faucet running a small but steady stream (not just drips) but I guess it wasn't enough and in the morning we had 300' of frozen hose and no water in the house.
I ran new hoses so we could have water in the house but wonder how much water to run overnight to try to prevent freezing. Is there a way to figure this out? I suppose I could just leave it running full force but that seems wasteful of my neighbor's water and not too healthy for my septic.
Actually, I'd prefer to install a timer-controlled valve that would just run the water full force for 60 seconds every 5-10 minutes but the timers I have found are for gardens and won't run more often than every 6 hours or so.
Is there something else we should be thinking?
Thanks.
In the meantime, we are attached to a neighbor's house via several garden hoses. This works fine (after a while on a dying well, it has been great!).
Until yesterday... when temps dropped to 12 degrees. We left a faucet running a small but steady stream (not just drips) but I guess it wasn't enough and in the morning we had 300' of frozen hose and no water in the house.
I ran new hoses so we could have water in the house but wonder how much water to run overnight to try to prevent freezing. Is there a way to figure this out? I suppose I could just leave it running full force but that seems wasteful of my neighbor's water and not too healthy for my septic.
Actually, I'd prefer to install a timer-controlled valve that would just run the water full force for 60 seconds every 5-10 minutes but the timers I have found are for gardens and won't run more often than every 6 hours or so.
Is there something else we should be thinking?
Thanks.