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Sparks007 · 04-01-2007, 11:04 AM

This is the 3rd year in a row that the pipes on the outside of my house
that control the Sprinklers have cracked again for the third year in a row.
I wrapped them this last year in insulation, so this would not happen again.
I go to turn the water on and wouldn't you know it...it just sprays out from a crack in that cheap metal.
Even the plastic pipes cracked.
I'm really getting sick of this.
Is there anyone else that goes thru this?

Chili1k · 04-01-2007, 11:13 AM

N. Illinois, they blow all the water out of the pipes before winter. The insulation wont do anything if the pipes are at 32 degrees or less for any length of time(nothing to add heat). If you empty the pipes and they still break you may want to use either heat tape or close the system and continually run water through so it warms back up when it comes back into the house. Good luck next winter.
Mike

Pinedawg · 04-01-2007, 11:17 AM

Not seeing your excat setup....let me offer this.

You can't use PVC in direct sunlight, it doesn't have enough UV inhibitor and the sun breaks it down.

Why not build a box with insulation in it over the manifold area going into the ground and put a 100 watt light bulb in a brooder hood inside of it? You can paint it to match, run it off an extension cord during the season you need it, and the box itself will keep the elements off, and help the ground heat to keep it warm.

Just a few thoughts for what it's worth.

**einheit 13** · 04-01-2007, 11:31 AM

braided stainless hose like washing machines use. or switch toa schedule 40 pipe...

grahamstein · 04-01-2007, 12:57 PM

Just blow out your pipes, before and after winter. A little bit of prep saves alot of trouble.

VAXDGUY · 04-01-2007, 01:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grahamstein

Just blow out your pipes, before and after winter. A little bit of prep saves alot of trouble.

Hell, even just turning off the inside cutoff and leaving open the exterior spigot should be enough.

Sparks007 · 04-01-2007, 04:01 PM

Thanks for all your responses.
I do by the way Winterize it by blowing the water out.
But I went ahead and bought an insulation bag that is especially made for it.
Funny thing is, after I bought it one of the employees said he had the same problem as I did.
He said to just unscrew everything when it starts getting cold and put it in my house until the following summer.

darkvibe · 04-01-2007, 04:42 PM

you can also try heat trace. a.k.a. heat tape.

04-01-2007, 11:04 AM	#1
Sparks007 XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Northern Nevada Posts: 1,137	My Pipes cracked again! This is the 3rd year in a row that the pipes on the outside of my house that control the Sprinklers have cracked again for the third year in a row. I wrapped them this last year in insulation, so this would not happen again. I go to turn the water on and wouldn't you know it...it just sprays out from a crack in that cheap metal. Even the plastic pipes cracked. I'm really getting sick of this. Is there anyone else that goes thru this? __________________ There's nothing to see here....move along.

04-01-2007, 11:13 AM	#2
Chili1k XDTalk Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Rockford, IL Posts: 67	In my area, N. Illinois, they blow all the water out of the pipes before winter. The insulation wont do anything if the pipes are at 32 degrees or less for any length of time(nothing to add heat). If you empty the pipes and they still break you may want to use either heat tape or close the system and continually run water through so it warms back up when it comes back into the house. Good luck next winter. Mike

04-01-2007, 11:17 AM	#3
Pinedawg XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Lower Slower, DE Posts: 734	Not seeing your excat setup....let me offer this. You can't use PVC in direct sunlight, it doesn't have enough UV inhibitor and the sun breaks it down. Why not build a box with insulation in it over the manifold area going into the ground and put a 100 watt light bulb in a brooder hood inside of it? You can paint it to match, run it off an extension cord during the season you need it, and the box itself will keep the elements off, and help the ground heat to keep it warm. Just a few thoughts for what it's worth. __________________ "How'd you get the beans above the frank?" Yes I am a pirate, 200 Years too late, The cannons don't thunder, there's nothin to plunder, I'm an over 40 victim of fate, Arriving too late, Arriving too late... Jimmy Buffet

04-01-2007, 11:31 AM	#4
einheit 13 XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Virginia, C.S.A. Posts: 5,897	braided stainless hose like washing machines use. or switch toa schedule 40 pipe... __________________ Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, the third time is enemy action “It is the lack of will power, and not the lack of arms which render us incapable of offering any serious resistance.”

04-01-2007, 12:57 PM	#5
grahamstein XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: West Nyack, NY Posts: 671	Just blow out your pipes, before and after winter. A little bit of prep saves alot of trouble. __________________ "To be Irish is to know that in the end, the world will break your heart." - Daniel Patrick Moynihan

04-01-2007, 04:01 PM	#7
Sparks007 XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Northern Nevada Posts: 1,137	Thanks for all your responses. I do by the way Winterize it by blowing the water out. But I went ahead and bought an insulation bag that is especially made for it. Funny thing is, after I bought it one of the employees said he had the same problem as I did. He said to just unscrew everything when it starts getting cold and put it in my house until the following summer. __________________ There's nothing to see here....move along.

04-01-2007, 04:42 PM	#8
darkvibe XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 833	you can also try heat trace. a.k.a. heat tape. __________________ Springfield XD-40 Subcompact \| Kimber Eclipse Target II \| Ruger Mark II \| Kel-Tec P-3AT \| Browning Hi-Power Practical 9mm

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