Winterization date???

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Originally Posted by jazzman

FWIW, my pump plumbing does live in the lake for the winter.

Fifty-five years ago, our maintenance guy always removed the pipe going into the lake; however, it was galvanized pipe. When that pipe became perforated with leaks, it was replaced with black plastic water piping. Our neighbors never removed their plastic pipe from the lake: my only concession to the freezing problem was to install a hose bib "tee" below the surface—probably an unnecessary extra step. "Cracking" the hose bib gives some comfort over winter, then I use a boat-hook to lift it above the surface to close it in April.

Originally Posted by tis

If you are staying there and it gets really cold at night, just leave the faucets dripping just a tiny bit and they won't freeze.

That works; however, I've found a huge block of ice below the hose bib!

From the "Wayback Machine", another thread on closing up:
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/forums/...ead.php?t=1241

Here's a comprehensive "closing-up checklist"...:
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/forums/...ead.php?t=3980