If you’ve got a water supply line that can’t be protected from freezing because there’s not enough soil, check out the video below of my favourite freeze protection system, made by a Canadian company called Heat-Line. It’s easy to install, very reliable, and hardly uses any electricity. Click below to see me install the system in a mocked up situation in my workshop.
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