frozen pipes anyone

l77 tuf

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our bathroom waste pipe has frozen up now and we leave it till it defrosts itself its to had to do as its fully hidden inside van chassis our kitchen waste pipe frozen this morn but we easy defrost that due to it being in the snow boil the kettle and pour it down and hey prestow its done we also got frozen hot water pipe to kitchen even when its insulated it is thawing now the hot water is on in kitchen but not bathroom yet

same shxt at this time of yr every yr for us

how do you lot go on please dont say ours is on drive never used in winter


we use 365/52 a yr and so do our freinds/family
 
What might help you is to leave your cupboard doors slightly open. Put a towel over the top or wedge them. The heat in the van will get to the recesses of the van that way.

Most toilets have no heating supply, so wedge the door open (except when using toilet facilities of course:eek:). Wedge open the cupboard under the washbasin.

In short, just try to get the warmth everywhere you can.;)
 
Good advice Maingate.
I have even got 2 oil heaters running 24/7 at the moment and as you say I usually do keep the cupboard doors that are near to water pipes open.
About one hour ago, it was minus 7 outside and inside our Hymer it was 12 deg.
Early this morning it was minus 13 outside our back door:eek::eek:
All you can do is keep the inside of your van as warm as possible and let the air circulate wherever the water pipes are:)
 
On the last cold snap I drained all water tanks and the water heater frost valve had cut in and emptied the tank, what I did forget to do was run the water pump with all taps open!!!

This time I ran the pump until dry, then blew back through the taps with them all open to remove as much as possible, things still froze but with no split pipes. A drop of anti-freeze poured down all sinks and shower trays stops the U bends from freezing!
 
you daft smugger tuffnumber...

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when i read yer thread title i thought you had some fer sale..:eek:


regards:rolleyes:
aj
 
l77 tuf said:
our bathroom waste pipe has frozen up now and we leave it till it defrosts itself its to had to do as its fully hidden inside van chassis our kitchen waste pipe frozen this morn but we easy defrost that due to it being in the snow boil the kettle and pour it down and hey prestow its done we also got frozen hot water pipe to kitchen even when its insulated it is thawing now the hot water is on in kitchen but not bathroom yet

same shxt at this time of yr every yr for us

how do you lot go on please dont say ours is on drive never used in winter


we use 365/52 a yr and so do our freinds/family
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Hey tuf, Mines a Burstner, and being German they rout the water pipes alongside the hot air ducts.

The bog also gets the benefit of the hot air, which can make it a bit 'RIPE' sometimes, but it never freezes when occupied.

I'm sure,from your previous posts, that you'll take this onboard and sort your van accordingly.

Thanks for your input to the site and offers re stainless.
 
ajs said:
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when i read yer thread title i thought you had some fer sale..:eek:


regards:rolleyes:
aj
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engage brain before mouth hey ajs



also we have hot air blowing in bathroom its just the shower pipes run along near back door even insulated the pipes/doors it still gets in because its that cold
 
Frozen Pipes

When draining down if you have a motorhome with a Shurflo pump dont forget to loosen off the filter bowl as water will remain in it and could crack it when it thaws.
 
I've looked at a number of different makes of motorhomes over a few years and am always surprised to see they never lag the pipes with the foam stuff used in the house.Does anyone?
 
Hi, Um yes, Murvi does, all internal pipes fully lagged. However 1 have had the webasto on low all this week with cupboards open.

Dezi
 
ajs said:
:confused: never mind... bound to hit stony groung sometime..:rolleyes:

regards:p
aj
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aj your either pissed diyslexic or carnt spell thats not my issue as i see you up set a lot of folk on here not bother us lot thanks tuftey

so next time pick on other folk hey cos if i see you i will see you around sometime
 
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ive had a 700w oil heater in for weeks ive also kept the boiler on at night to keep things frost free......BOY was i wrong i checked the taps yesterday afternoon and every thing was solid.....so i set about thawing,
i filled the van with heaters to get the temp up to about 90f checked 6 hours later and every thing was still frozen i finally got the bathroom tap going about midnight then started pouring hot water down the waists only to discover the waist tank was also solid,
in the end (2am) i finally left all the heaters on and rigged a fan heater outside under the van pointing at the waist tank and went to bed.
got up this morning and hey presto everything's thawed no leaks and working fine,
i fully drained the system and left the taps in the open position then gave the van a 30 mile run out parking up at all angles to let any remaining water run out,
in short ill never leave water in the system or waist tank and will always drain away when the hard frosts come.
i feel a lot happier now and a lot more confident the vans going to make it through this hell hole of a winter

thanks Andrew :)
 
We have had one 800 kw oil heater going night and day and that is with the water drained.
Over the last few days with the temperatures so low I have even resorted to adding an extra 700 kw oil heater running in tandem:eek::D
Today, I started the engine and run it for nearly a couple of hours with the heaters on and everything is ok:cool:
 
I am not going to mention any names but I think that it is wrong to extol the benefits of oil heaters just because you have shares in the company that manufactures them.:eek:

This thread should be pulled immediately. :rolleyes:
 
maingate said:
I am not going to mention any names but I think that it is wrong to extol the benefits of oil heaters just because you have shares in the company that manufactures them.:eek:

This thread should be pulled immediately. :rolleyes:
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Never thought of that:confused: better rush out and buy a few (or a lot):D:D:D
 
LOl when we were away over new year we had frozen tank never mind pipes first night minus 12 and never thawed the whole week even with a camping gas stove under the tank for 4 hrs
 
its 5c up here in the north west today and its like the tropics the ice and snow is a distant memory....... fantastic im gonna fill that tank with water and hit the road:)
even me hens and ducks are happy now there pond as defrosted!.... BUT HEY THATS ANOTHER FORUM?
 
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frozen pipes

on our way down to costa blanca.
we stayed at pamplona -13 degrees, had a 2kw fan heater on all night but the bloody pipes still froze.
had the cupboards open and the water pump door open.
no damage though.
it's been a cool 19 degrees today in albir (whew)
 
Living in

Hi, is anyone living in their homes & if so have they suffered frozen pipes?
 
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