water tank anti-freeze box
The project to bury our
waterline is now at the point where the pipe comes out of the tank.
My plan is to build a small,
insulated enclosure that follows the pipe out of the tank for 5 or 6
feet before it begins to be submerged.
Stay tuned to see if this
experiment prevents pipe freezing like I think it might.
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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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Don't forget to insulate the pipe in the ground as well until it has gone down below the frost line! 
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Roland_Smith
— Mon Nov 8 17:51:35 2010
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Descending water line
Mark's goal is to extend the box out until the point where the pipe is below the frost line. Since we didn't want to try to bury the lower end of the tank, we've had to bring the water line down at an angle from above the ground. My backup plan is to pile dirt or straw around the box if it seems like it's not enough to prevent freezing.
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anna
— Mon Nov 8 17:57:23 2010
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