main rv water line freeze

(Comment: I know that I already did a blog like this, but this was in a different spot meaning that we needed to use different methods to fix it)

a few days ago we all woke up to find that somewhere in the belly of the trailer one of our pipes froze meaning that we had no hot water, and the kitchen didn't have cold water either.

During the day dad went and got a bunch of 2 ft. by 4 ft. stiff Styrofoam insulation boards and something called snow and ice duct tape (apparently it can withstand up to -40 degrees Fahrenheit...), oh yeah and some slightly bendy pole stick things..

After dad got those things we experimented with ways to stick the boards together. In the end we settled on taping them together. Then taping foot long pieces of the bendy sticks across the crack as straights.

than we took the "walls" out side and slid them under the trailer to form a barrier. before we closed up the barrier we hooked up an extension cord and a heater so we could heat the underside and hopefully thaw the pipes. Then finally we closed up the panels...

It wasn't until the next morning that we were able to get hot water...

LINE FREEZE!!!

Our water lines froze last night..

This morning we went outside and fixed it in this way.

First, dad bought an electrical heater cord, some electric tape, and some 1/8 in. thick insulation tape. Then, we went outside and dad plugged in the cord. Then using some electrical tape (cut by me) he taped the cord to our water hose.
After that, we took the insulation tape and wrapped it around both the water hose and the cord in a tight spiral all the way along it.

and that's it!!!

Now I now that it doesn't seem like I did much to help but if i hadn't helped cut the electrical tape dad would've taken a lot longer to put the heating cord on the hose. Because he would have needed to set the hose and the cord down so he could tear a strip of tape. And after that he would've needed to find his spot on the hose again...

As for the insulation tape we needed to wrap it around the hose&cord in a spiral. So, we needed to move the container for the insulation tape around the combo of the hose&cord. Because doing so would mean the tape stuff can be pressed tightly against the combinion of hose&cord. And can you guess who moved the container for the tape??? That's right, me.

RV set-up

Setting up an RV can be fun while at the same time worrying. Some reasons I worry are:

-That we'll over tip the trailer.
-That we'll smash the trailer into something when backing the trailer into the spot.
-that it will slide off the hitch and break the brake connector cord.

But it's not all bad... We can have a little fun when moving the RV to level it. (One of the things I enjoy is watching how the trailer moves. I like having responsibility. I like cranking the back stabilizer legs. I like showing Mom how to put the leveler blocks in the right place under the wheels---it's just like legos!)

All in all setting up an RV is okay