How to protect pipes so that they do not freeze even at minus 50

A common feature of water supply in country houses is the location of wells and wells. As a rule, the distance of their location from the house is about 50 meters. Even if the pipe is located in a subfloor, it is still at risk of freezing. Its most dangerous place is the land-to-air segment. It is there that crystallization often forms, which then spreads up the pipe.

The second vulnerability is considered to be the site where the pipe passes from the basement to the house. This is due to the presence of drafts, which are difficult to localize.

Consider what measures can be taken to warm the pipe so that it does not freeze even at minus 50 degrees Celsius.

All existing methods can be divided into active and passive. Ideally, when both of them are provided at the stage of building a house, however, much can be improved in the process of operation.

Passive methods of insulation:

1. The use of special pipes made of insulating material. It can be polyethylene, polypropylene or metal-plastic pipes.
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2. The wide diameter of the pipe allows a large flow of water to pass, which contributes to the long-term cooling of the liquid to freezing temperatures.
3. The trench should have sufficient depth.
4. It is better to place the pipe so that its position is inclined with respect to the source of water.
5. The pipe must be sheathed with insulating materials.

Active methods of insulation:

1. In order that ice plugs, if they occur, can be removed, it is recommended to equip the piping system with easily removable joints. This is especially important in places of high risk, which was mentioned earlier.
2. The laid heating cable along the pipe will allow you not to worry about the probable freezing even if the thermometer shows "-50".
3. It is recommended that hot water be periodically turned on to pump the system once every two hours.

A widespread problem that many owners of private homes face in the winter is pipe freezing. In order to counter this phenomenon, various protective measures of an active and passive nature are applied to communications, aimed at their thermal insulation.