It's been a full year since we installed this experimental box to prevent the portion of our non-potable water line that goes from the tank to the ground from freezing.

The line did freeze up a few times in that year because the end that goes into the trailer still needs attention. The frozen time was far less than the previous year and it seemed to thaw out much faster.

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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.



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