wave1 Posted December 25, 2009 Report Share Posted December 25, 2009 I have seen a couple of posts in here that many are trying to avoid the empty and refill of their tubs in the winter, can anyone give me advice on this, as I think I may be soon ready for a refill but I am expecting very cold weather the next couple of weeks (Southern Ontario Canada), and I want to make sure I do everything properly, yeah I know not very good planning, lesson learned. I have to get a water service in as I only have a well..... Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey_in_NY Posted December 26, 2009 Report Share Posted December 26, 2009 I have seen a couple of posts in here that many are trying to avoid the empty and refill of their tubs in the winter, can anyone give me advice on this, as I think I may be soon ready for a refill but I am expecting very cold weather the next couple of weeks (Southern Ontario Canada), and I want to make sure I do everything properly, yeah I know not very good planning, lesson learned. I have to get a water service in as I only have a well..... Thanks Not far from you (Buffalo). I didn't plan well either, and have been waiting for a weather window to drain and fill my tub. Today is 39f, so just emptied and refilled this morning, water temp was 48 at first, now 55f. Gonna take a long time to get to temperature! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diplomat1 Posted December 27, 2009 Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 Just did mine today ! Temps hit 45 today so I just did it ! Only thing that sucks is that I'm now cold and wet and cant go in the tub to get the chill out !! Oh well, its done till spring though John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 I used to do 3 times a year. As early as possible in the spring, mid year, and as late as possible in the fall before any rotten weather hit. This made the Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb, March drain a bit long but dumping just half and refilling if it got to bad worked well. Seemed there was always a window in late Feb early March, July and November. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickngrin Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 I changed my water last week at about 30 degrees. I'm new at this....I think the factory drain would take hours! I resorted to a 5 gallon drywall bucket and emptied out all 350 gallons in about 10 minutes.....filled it up with hose (city) water---which is about 50 degrees this time of year. It takes about 12 hours to heat to 103. Point is---miserable job, but done quickly enough it wont freeze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpumodem Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 Changed my water this Monday the 28. Outside temperature at the start was 19 degrees and when I finished it was 22 degrees. I have 2 hoses that I use to drain the tub. A 25 foot hose that connects to the tube drain and the other one is also about 25 feet cut from an old hose that I put in the middle of the tub and start the syphon from the other end manually. Using 2 hoses the tub will empty in an hour and 20 minutes. Started @ 10 AM and was finished with the tub filled by 12:30PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HockeyKat Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 Changed my water this Monday the 28. Outside temperature at the start was 19 degrees and when I finished it was 22 degrees. I have 2 hoses that I use to drain the tub. A 25 foot hose that connects to the tube drain and the other one is also about 25 feet cut from an old hose that I put in the middle of the tub and start the syphon from the other end manually. Using 2 hoses the tub will empty in an hour and 20 minutes. Started @ 10 AM and was finished with the tub filled by 12:30PM I do the same thing with mine, as to the syphoning. Can usually have it drained, cleaned, and filled within 3 hours. I fill with 2 hoses as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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