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Originally Posted by DEITZ645
Nightwind,
I tend to forget the hand held spray nozles in the kitchen sink and the one that is attached to the toilet.
Also put about 1-2 cups in bathroom, kitchen, and shower traps. And leave the same amount in the toilet bowl to keep the flapper seal lubricated.
I also open the low point drains while charghing the system with antifreeze to make sure there is no plain H2O in the lines leading down to the low point drains.
PS - Wait a minute...You all get cold enough in Decatur, AL to have to winterize???
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I learned to my chagrin about the toilet hand spray last winter!
We just bought the trailer in the Fall and I winterized it soon after we bought it. I didn't even know there was such a thing as a toilet hand spray hose - the previous owner had tucked it away in behind the toilet.
Sure enough when we took the trailer out in Feb. to head south, as soon as I put water in the trailer, water was leaking out of the toilet all over the floor!
Soon discovered the spray hose and the problem - cracked plastic nozzle.
Lesson learned! An easy fix, although as I recall, the replacement was only available as a kit and I think it cost me around $40!
Even though I know everything that needs to be done to winterize,, it is so easy to forget something, (like the waterfilter in the Moen sink faucet), so I have made myself a checklist for the future.
One thing I just added to my list was that after you have bypassed and drained the HW tank, when you have pumped the antifreeze into the rest of the plumbing system, it doesn't hurt to crack the valves into the HW tank open for a second just to be sure no water is left in the short lines between the valves and the tank.
Not my idea, someone here on the forum recently cracked a fitting in one of those short hoses for this reason. Another easy thing to do, but also easily forgetten (by me anyway!) without a check list!