Small Outdoor Kitchen

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(05-09-2020, 12:00 PM)reuben.ahmed Wrote:
Good advice! I'm going to have a plumber run the water line so hopefully we figure out how to bleed it.


I actually have an outdoor ping pong table, but I never tried using it outside lol. I imagine there is barely enough room on the deck to do it, but the balls are just gonna get lost in the yard, my dog will chase/eat them, and people will try to smash them into the glass railing. It was a good thought we both had apparently lol.

If you have an air compressor, you could have the plumber put a tee as the first thing after the shut off valve for each outside line (assuming both hot and cold water).  The branch from the tee would be a ball valve, then a quick connect fitting of the same style as you use for your compressor.  When it is time to winterize, you shut off the water supply and open the faucet control for that line.  Then plug the compressor into the quick connect at about 30 PSI or so.  Open the ball valve and allow the air to purge all of the water out of the line, then repeat with the other line.  I had a irrigation system which used this setup and was a piece of cake to winterize.  If you desired to do so, you could also use the quick connect location to add RV Anti-freeze to the line after it is blown out to add extra protection.  Just make sure to close both the ball valve to the quick connect and faucet when done adding the anti-freeze.  Regardless of using anti-freeze, make sure to close the ball valve to the quick connect when you are done clearing the line, as you might forget to do so in the spring and end up with a hell of a mess when you cut the water on in the spring!