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[a/s] Changing from copper plumbing to plastic



Well, in the middle of my winterizing procedure, I was on the way to pick up some antifreeze and was involved in a serious auto accident that laid me up for 7 weeks. The freezing weather came and destroyed our copper plumbing in our 1977 31' Excella. I have replaced all the copper with new plastic. It took my son with some help from me about 2 full days. I could be done in less time now that we know. If anyone is interested we are glad to share the details.
 
We also set up a system that allows us to pump out all the water in the lines, install antifreeze and then recover all the antifreeze all from the interior of the trailer. This is especially helpful to us since we often go out "weekending" during the winter months. The system provides us with the ability to "de-winterize" and then "winterize" in 15 minutes or less without loss of antifreeze we recover about 95%. Joe from Riverhead, NY.