Survived the freeze!

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Re: Survived the freeze!

Post by Houston Remodeler » January 26th, 2017, 10:37 pm

We checked the TT today and had ZERO damage from the freeze !!

Praise Jebus !

We also cleaned, repaired the pocket door after the hardware at the top came off the door slab, changed the cam locks to the ones with 3 digit combinations, measured for a new countertop in the kitchen (thinking about corian and undermount sink)

and swapped out the cloth jackknife sofa for a tri-fold leather sofa !!! Finally we can have overnight guests over 5'3"
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Re: Survived the freeze!

Post by kuba122 » January 12th, 2017, 6:10 pm

Definitely fingers crossed. Let us know!
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Re: Survived the freeze!

Post by pawpaw » January 12th, 2017, 12:55 pm

Houston Remodeler wrote:I was out of town when the freeze hit. Got to it on the second day to barely be able to turn the handles on the vanity faucet. I opened the tanks, the valves, and the faucets then prayed. Have yet to check for leaks. Still praying.
Fingers crossed!
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Re: Survived the freeze!

Post by Houston Remodeler » January 12th, 2017, 3:20 am

I was out of town when the freeze hit. Got to it on the second day to barely be able to turn the handles on the vanity faucet. I opened the tanks, the valves, and the faucets then prayed. Have yet to check for leaks. Still praying.
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Re: Survived the freeze!

Post by kuba122 » January 10th, 2017, 9:52 pm

Paw paw ... i'm in DFW and we had near single digits. Actually my town supposedly bottomed out at 9 degrees.

First off we just got home from south padre and we are going to Bastrop, next week. I drain all of the three tanks, I also have never winterized because we go out this time of the year.

My strategy is to use a 110v space heater (oil filled radiator) and set the furnace to come on at 52 (just in case) I keep the hot water hot and the covers on the benches open so the heat in the TT gets to all of the lines. 2 years and no freeze, yet. By far this year is worse.

Hope no one has issues!!
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Re: Survived the freeze!

Post by GaryG » January 10th, 2017, 7:10 pm

Not to 'one up you' Paw Paw, but the Boise, Idaho area has not had a winter since the early 80's I'm told by the locals. We have around 2' of accumulated snow and are on our 6th school 'snow day' (there were only 3 in the school calendar!). Our low here in Nampa was -19degrees. I'm so glad my trailer is in covered storage. I made it out of our subdivision to go check on it today.

All is well and the batteries are really holding their charge at around 80%. I should check the actual amps/voltage. I'm going to send out a separate post about solar battering charges to see what any of you might have experience with. I'm seriously considering purchasing a portable unit.

I hope everyone's rigs are doing fine in storage. I just completed making camping reservations for this summer in Idaho, Oregon and Utah. I hope we do eventually see the sun!
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Survived the freeze!

Post by pawpaw » January 10th, 2017, 1:12 pm

Well my AR-One 18QB made it through some of the coldest weather we've had in the Houston area for many years. The temp dipped to a chilly 20 degrees for several hours overnight. I store it at outside at my home, so I was really concerned because it would be exposed those freezing conditions. I drained the fresh, grey and black tanks, but not the water heater. Instead, I just turned it on and let the water heat up. I also put an electric heater inside the trailer and opened all the cabinet doors. The result...............no issues at all! Maybe I was just lucky, or perhaps this method is good enough for the cold temps we sometimes have here in the Houston area.
Our larger trailer, the 329BHU, is stored in a fully enclosed building, so I wasn't worried about it.
Now, where's my calendar so I can start planning some trips.
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