As I mentioned in an earlier post I plan on having my water shut off for a few months with the furnace on during some renovations. Now I have been thinking about the possibility of some detrimental effects to my copper piping by doing this. Is this a possibility or am I over stressing this? I suppose I could hire someone to come assist me with blowing out the pipes? I am not very familiar with plumbing and have been concerned with all the grey areas.
water stagnation cause pipe corrosion?
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DUDE!!!! turn the water off go have a good time!!!!
My concern came from watching this: [ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD5lMITzx_Y[/ame]
In this video they seem to suggest that water stagnation (turning water off for months without draining the pipes) may cause pipe corrosion turning into a leak. That freaked me out!
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I believe, I suggested, 10 pages back. to BLOW the system down, drain the heater, turn off the gas/elec to heater. add antifreeze to p-traps
if you do not feel comfortable doing it, call a plumbing co. tell them to winterise your system
they will do just what i suggested you do.
if you do not feel comfortable doing it, call a plumbing co. tell them to winterise your system
they will do just what i suggested you do.
