I was shocked this morning to draw the curtains back at 8.00 this morning to see the first frost of the Autumn on the top of our 540.

My first thought was how lovely it looked sparkling in the sun...............................

However the second thought was "oh no, the flipping taps"...............................!

We were going away to Buxton this week but illness forced us to cancel so decided we would try to sneak away for a few days to York after our son's wedding at the end of the month, so we left everything as it was.

It's strange in that once you have lost your taps to frost once, and paid a small fortune to have them replaced, it never fully leaves the back of your mind.

However by 5 minutes sanity had returned as it was only a mild frost .......I don't intend draining the water system & putting its winter cover on until after York................but I might just wrap some bubble wrap around both taps to be sure!!!!!

if you are new to Eriba-ing you do need to be aware of how susceptible the taps can be to frost if you don't get all the water out of them for winter storage. The balloon trick always seems to work...........................

MikeT

I had to scrape ice off the car this morning. Had the same thoughts re the taps. Will drain down this afternoon as cold night is forecast.

Stewart

We still have sun in Poole 🤭🤭😁

We’ve had sun here today too (Lincolnshire) but it was blooming cold this morning. Van got cleaned and covered up yesterday, even remembered to drain taps and plug drain pipe to prevent rodent ingress. Sad day, roll on Spring ☹️

I gave the balloons a go last year. Although this was fine, I found it quite difficult to attach the balloon to the kitchen tap. You would need to be careful not to damage the tap in the attempt. Found the best way was to inflate the balloon and use a food bag clip to hold the air in whilst fitting the neck of the balloon to the tap. Then release the clip to let the air out. What I may try this year is to utilize the awning air pump to blow air through the system.
Anyone with a Truma 10L hot water system should also check that the drain valve is working. I found earlier in the year that not only was it leaking a bit, but that it probably never fully emptied the tank.

Truma hot water drain valve refers.

Brilliant idea with the awning pump, why didn’t I think of that. That’s what this Forum is so useful for

Just checked out my prototype. This is simply a cone made up from some foam sealing strip which fits over the pump hose on one end and a bit bigger at the other end to go over the kitchen tap. It doesn't need to go far over the tap or it blocks the outlet (ours is a mixer tap), but just holding it in place while you operate the pump seems to work fine.


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Everyday should be a shorts day Colin, once you have retired .............................whatever the weather

Although on the coldest of days I do get asked sometimes if I used to be a postman - apparently postmen are famed for wearing shorts in all weathers.

Kath just thinks it's strange.......................

Mike

Good man.......

I always cook and then eat Christmas dinner in my shorts and it used to drive Kath's mum Margaret to distraction....................one year she said I looked scruffy so after cooking the meal in my M & S cargo shorts I told everyone that I was going upstairs to get changed to eat - but came down in a pair of my tailored golf shorts. Amused she was not.....................

We had an interesting relationship but strangely I was the one she asked for just before she passed..................................

Mike