Well water - seasonal and infrequent winter use?

[ChrisStratton]

Originally Posted by Biggd

He built a little room under his kitchen and bath and heated just that room in the winter.

There's a thought.

I like the "pump water" or bring it options as well.

I think I read here somewhere about someone using the Retro-Line (or similar) inserted into the supply line. The person would allow the water to freeze, then, during a visit, energize the heat line, thawing the supply. I wrote to the company and they are concerned about the line cracking... "Technically speaking as long as the heating cable is installed within the pipe you can use the heating cable to thaw any ice formed around it; however when you do this to run the risk that the polyethylene pipe may crack or break. As a result Heat-Line does not recommend you allow your pipe to freeze. Although it will not harm the heating cable, you could fracture your pipe and if the pipe is buried it can be costly and time consuming to repair."

So that brings up a question - how do you drain the water coming from a well via an underground line and then entering a house which is not heated?