Drain down caravan. Caravan winterisation with floe drain kit

Is it time to drain down your caravan? Caravan winterisation tips and getting your caravan ready for winter, we use the floe drain kit. Caravan winterising we show some tips and caravan maintenance for putting your caravan away for the winter including your window seals, caravan cassette toilet, we use the floe caravan drain kit to winterise the caravan, caravan winterising isn't just all about draining down the water system. Winter caravanning tips.
We used the floe drain Down kit.
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[@Only-one-life-68]

Here’s mark
Maybe 3 years old BUT still very useful 👍🏻

[@thecaravanplace]

Glad it helped

[@richardbullough7269]

I lower jockey wheel right down, let gravity work, water won't run uphill 😊

[@thecaravanplace]

Good idea 👍

[@MrG.42]

Brill video Mark. Thanks for sharing. We have been using a Floe device for many years, after one of our taps cracked after freezing, despite the tap being left open over winter.

[@thecaravanplace]

Thanks for your comments 👍

[@davidkeating8043]

Thanks for the helpful video👍

[@thecaravanplace]

Thanks for watching our video and glad it helped. Thank you.

[@twizzle1952]

Great video. Many thanks.Shouldnt you have left the yellow valve open to flush that area through?

[@thecaravanplace]

Once you have blown the taps through then you would open the yellow valve, but if you open the yellow valve it wont get the water out of the taps. The pipe work to the yellow tap will drain properly, but its the water held in the taps that cause the problem as this then freezes and damages the taps, once blown through you would then leave the taps open and then open the yellow valve at the very end.

[@twizzle1952]

@@thecaravanplace many thanks for the info 👍

[@stevenholmes7301]

Hi ,is it common for panels to crack?also can this happen on any make of caravans?and what do you think to caravan covers? Thx

[@thecaravanplace]

Hi Steven, yes any caravan with plastic panels can split unfortunately, if its a good quality fully breathable cover they are good but you have to spend a lot for a good cover. I personally like the roof covers as they are easy to fit and keep the roof clean but let the caravan breath naturally. Hope this helps.

[@alanpostma5861]

What about the outside filter do you take it out for winter

[@thecaravanplace]

Well spotted I missed it! Yes if you have a filter installed remove this also, as it may hold a small amount of water so better safe than sorry.

[@shawnvanschalkwyk2782]

I tried this method but couln't get any air to flow past the connector. The air only started to flow through once I switched on the water pump. Do you know why that is?

[@thecaravanplace]

Your pump maybe stopping the flow, It maybe worth disconnecting the water pimp and connecting a small piece of pipe in its place. It maybe OK to just turn the pump on as it will make sure no water is left in the pump, but just make sure it can handle the extra pressure as it has seals inside.