Pipe freeze protection device converts seasonal cabins into year-round residences
Problem: The owners of two seasonal, 1950s-era cabins near Rocky Mountain National Park needed to solve persistent water pipe freeze problems so they could live in the cabins year-round. The cabins are adjacent to each other and share one water pump in a separate well house. The main feeder line runs approximately 28 feet across an uninsulated area under the first cabin to feed the second cabin. With temperatures holding below freezing for weeks at a time, the owners tried wrapping the pipe with heat tape, but the pipe still froze.
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