[H20cleaning]

My garage is seperate from my house by about 8 meters, and i have to run a hose pipe to my garage for filling tank.
How do i make it insated so it wont freeze in the cold winter mornings/nights?

Never really thought about it until now but im slightly worried.

[Smudger]

If practical bury it underground about 6 inches inside 50mm waste pipe filled with the expandy foam stuff

Darran

[andyM]

If it's going to be freezing/icy cold couldn't you just disconnect the hose from the tap and put the hose in the garage?
ps. Don't have nightmares.

[H20cleaning]

I usually have my water on every night though...
I was told flowing water shouldn't freeze, but the r/o slows it right down doesnt it

[Michael Peterson]

i live further north than you bud (Northumberland) and ro water as long as its moving wont freeze, don't do anything but have your ro system inside as the housings can crack

[Simon Mess]

i live further north than you bud (Northumberland) and ro water as long as its moving wont freeze, don't do anything but have your ro system inside as the housings can crack

I was looking at this thread thinking, i should maybe be worried about this too, given how i am much further north than you (Aberdeenshire) but then it occurred to me that this will be my 2nd winter using an r/o system!. Dont remember having any problems last winter, but there are a couple of reasons why that was the case, the 1st being that we simply did not get that much properly cold weather. There is also the fact that i live in a coastal town, and what with the salty air, we don't get much frost anyway . Different story in one or two of the villages i work where they are a few miles inland though

[andyM]

You could try some pipe lagging on the hose to provide some extra insulation and wouldn't cost too much.
I have found that the water in the hose when not running rarely freezes unless it gets well below freezing. If you suspect the water in the hose has frozen at any time, disconnect the hose from the RO and pour some warm water on the hose, then flush the hose through until ice is cleared and water runs freely.
Then connect back up to the RO.

[H20cleaning]

Inside my garage is really warm i have to open the window all summer because its like a green house, so should be no problem with anything freezing inside.
I was just worried that the water in the hose to the garage would freeze and then my booster pump could run dry:/

Im going to use some of that pipe insulation just to keep the hose protected and off the floor.

[Ashley Brothwood]

The water from the ro should be fine it would just be the water going in. If you Google freezing point of pure water its a lot lower than 0*c, some websites say it can be as low as -40*c as there's no impurities to start the freezing process

[H20cleaning]

Thats great! Need to get myself a hot water system built i cant be bothered with another winter with stuff hoses and cold water down my sleeve

[mac74]

Armaflex pipe lagging, goes down to -40c i think?