Adding a little antifreeze to sprinkler line.

How would you get the antifreeze out in the spring?

better blow it again. the smallest amount of water will pool in a low spot, and if that's not 24" or better underground, it's gonna freeze and break pvc. Pouring antifreeze in there will probably just push the water further downline.

turn the water on. it'll blow out the sprinkler heads. duh.

BTDT........had the same thing happen in another situation where someone "re-hotted" my blown out sprinkler line.

I considered the antifreeze solution but I just bit the bullet and the did the compressor thing again because I didn't want to be blowing antifreeze on my lawn / shrubs in the spring.

I also removed the handle so the mistake was less likely.

Tell your friend what happened...I'm sure he'll be happy to help you out.

cheers Bob

I think you'd better check out the following:

"The freezing point of an anti-freeze/coolant solution depends on the concentration of the solution, and rises when the ratio of antifreeze to water exceeds 60%. . . . ethylene glycol, the principal component of most antifreezes, freezes at 8 degrees above zero, Fahrenheit. It is only when water is added that the freezing point is depressed."

ethylene glycol is a really good plant killer too (and nothing usually regrows where it has been spilt) so would you really want to flush it out later by turning the sprinklers on?

Google "ethylene glycol weedkiller"

just flat not true. i've been flushing cooling systems on grass for years and never killed any yet.

Strange; the grass has refused to grow back where I spilt some from my car on my lawn. It will of course depend on if the coolant contains ethylene glycol or propylene glycol; the latter is safer.

"aussiblu" wrote in news:AF7Pk.10256$sc2.5800 @news-server.bigpond.net.au:

Not privy to it but don't they make some kind of non-toxic antifreeze for RV's or something?

Good to know. I'll look for ethylene glycol to spray on area where there is poison ivy.

Dick

best to always try to keep water lines clean of impurities. if there's ever a drop in the main water pressure from the street, a contaminant becomes a cross feed problem to those in your home and potentially your neighbors. i'd choose air over the recreational vehicle non-toxic antifreeze. never the toxic stuff.

-b

I have some old vodka lying in the basement. That's safe.

best to always try to keep water lines clean of impurities. if there's ever a drop in the main water pressure from the street, a contaminant becomes a cross feed problem to those in your home and potentially your neighbors. i'd choose air over the recreational vehicle non-toxic antifreeze. never the toxic stuff.

Sprinkler systems must be designed to avoid this problem anyway. Otherwise, they can draw groundwater into the city water pipes if the water pressure is shut off for repairs.

Just use roundup poison ivy killer. Works a treat and doesn't have every kid in the neighborhood in tears because her pussycat died horribly.

yes, and that's what would be proper for a sprinkler system anyway. Everyone jumped to wrong conclusions as usual. (and they were wrong about it, at that)

try round up or brush killer. but you'll have to keep after it several times for a whole season.

a proper system will have an anti backflow valve on it. AND the situation is more of a long shot that getting hit by lightning in a church anyway.

best to always try to keep water lines clean of impurities. if there's ever a drop in the main water pressure from the street, a contaminant becomes a cross feed problem to those in your home and potentially your neighbors. i'd choose air over the recreational vehicle non-toxic antifreeze. never the toxic stuff.

-b

Well that's obvious, but I thought that blowing antifreeze all over the lawn was not good for the environment as well as the grass.