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Winterize toilet while no shower connected?

shades9323
Explorer
Explorer
So I didn’t get my winterizing done before everything got frozen. Stupid mistake. Got everything thing thawed and started to pump antifreeze through. Turns out I had a small leak in my shower fixture near my toilet. Waiting on a new fixture. Do you know if it is possible to winterize the toilet/lines at this time? Or will the pressure in the lines shoot antifreeze shoot up and out of the open shower lines?
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ScottG
Nomad
Nomad
Bobbo wrote:
2oldman wrote:
Blow it out.

But he will still need to block that line to get proper pressure to blow out the remaining lines.


Unless it's an enormous leak, the air will still come out everywhere.
I often have more than one faucet open when blowing it out.

2oldman
Explorer
Explorer
It's better than doing nothing.
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Bobbo
Explorer II
Explorer II
2oldman wrote:
Blow it out.

But he will still need to block that line to get proper pressure to blow out the remaining lines.
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NanciL
Explorer II
Explorer II
If the leak is at the shower head; then just keep the hot and cold faucets closed and you should be ok.
If it is in the faucet(s) you will not be OK.

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2oldman
Explorer
Explorer
Blow it out.
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All_I_could_aff
Explorer
Explorer
If you have a helper and you open up other faucets prior to turning on the water Pump, it would be fairly easy to block off the open shower lines with a wine bottle cork or similar for a few seconds at a time, it won’t build pressure if another fixture is open.
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newman_fulltime
Explorer
Explorer
1/2 inch pipe plugs plug off where the faucet is and winterize

larry_cad
Explorer
Explorer
When you pump the anti freeze into the system, I will pressurize all the water lines and yes, it will squirt out any hole in the system unless there is ice in the line blocking the flow!
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