this is what i was taught by my dad. seems logical too.
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UncleBadTouch@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
here in canada where it freezes 17 months out of the year, 99.9% of the houses have shutoff valve inside the house that supplies the outside tap. id recommend turning on the outside tap, then turn off the valve inside.
KpntAutismus@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Mamertine@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Northern USA is the same way.
When I lived in TX, the water supply came into the house above ground. It was really strange concept for me a Minnesotan. The winter I was there, the supply lines froze. You had to defrost them with boiling water, or hair dryers.
WashedOver@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
For me coming from the Westcoast with lots of rain at sea level the lack of drain fields around the houses in the Prairies was a similar moment for me when I was looking at homes for a move many years ago. Their drain spouts just run out into the yard above the ground. It was a what the heck is going on here?
Their basements are also fully enclosed under ground. On the coast we require a secondary drain field just for the down spouts and the basements are only halfway in the ground so it was very strange to me.
cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 5 months ago
And don’t forget to drain the line past the valve by unscrewing the bleeder cap.