Options for Draining down your Holiday home
With winter fast approaching it’s time to think about how to protect your static caravan or lodge. In this guide, we offer you options to drain down your holiday caravan to prevent frost damage.
Firstly, check your holiday-home owner’s handbook. This will detail the process for draining the caravan. This process will entail you getting under your caravan to the drain down points and mains water stopcock. Alternatively, there are many useful videos available online.
Alternatively, there are a number of aftermarket systems designed to make your life easier. Supplied and Fitted by us.
Contact a member of the team today to find out how you can get peace of mind today!CaraGuard Protection System
The outside water stop-tap being left on whilst the occupier is away is the biggest cause of water flood damage to caravans and holiday homes. This means of protection works on parks that do not have extremely low water pressure.
With CaraGuard installed you can never leave your holiday home water on again, even if family or friends have used the home then no need to worry the water will be turned off under your caravan!
With more and more holiday parks now open through the winter months and whilst this is good news for extra holidays, it does increase the risks of flooding as the weather becomes colder and water pipes risk frost damage. This causes the materials to weaken, resulting in burst pipes that allow water to leak out. Even during the summer months, the water should be off, as rodents look to nest they can chew water pipes causing leaks both inside and outside the home but especially behind baths and showers.
Leaks can go undetected as the home lies empty and the flood damage and water loss can become extremely costly.
Watch the short video below to see how the CaraGuard Protection System could help you.
Floë Automated Induratec 868
Floë Induratec 868 Integrated Water Drain-Down System is suitable for draining down and winterizing a static caravan, park home, lodge, wooden cabins and holiday homes in approximately 4 minutes. This takes the worry out of when to drain coming into autumn and also enables you to drain your own property, other water devices and garden irrigation without having to pay anyone to do it for you, while allowing you the benefit of using your property throughout the winter months, draining when and as often as you like before you leave.
Floë is easily and permanently fitted to the property, so the only thing you need to do is, turn off the mains water supply, switch Floë on and then start opening and draining taps (faucets), showers and toilets. Everything is now operated from the inside the property, comfortably in the warmth. With its own PCB brain and clever compressor, Floë will automatically stop at the correct pressure and restart automatically after each outlet is drained. Better yet, Floë has been carefully designed to be able to be removed again without a trace, so should you change your property, you are free to take Floë with you.
Watch the video below to see how the Floe Induratec 868 can protect your holiday home.