Shower Leak

Did you winterize the outdoor shower when you winterized the rest of the trailer? If not, it is likely the outside shower faucet froze. If that is the case, you will likely need to replace the faucet as it is very probably that it cracked from freezing.

If you want to get rid of the outside shower be careful where you cap it off. As it is it’s easy to winterize by just opening it and either waiting for air or pink stuff to come out, depending on which method you use.

I agree with podwerkz, it’s a very useful feature for rinsing sand off feet and cleaning up the doggie after a beach outing. Unless you plan never to sell your trailer, why remove items that future owners might like if they’re not causing harm in some way?

I learned the hard way:  On some toilets the fresh water valve doesn't drain adequately using air.  Dometic suggests disconnecting the supply line where it enters the valve to let the water out.  I purchased an aftermarket valve that claims to have better resistance to ice if it freezes, but I still plan on following the Dometic suggestion.  The good thing was the valve incident led to me discovering a design defect in the Dometic 300* toilet and they sent me a new one with the design defect fixed for free.  The outside shower seems to drain pretty well with air.  You can hear and feel the air coming out and can check as it blows for residual water spraying out with the air.  

Would you winterize your rpod with beet juice? 😝

Beet juice is some nassty stuff. It’s denser and freezes at a lower temp than pink antifreeze but I didn’t want my tires that heavy anyway (I’d have to have a second tractor to lift ‘em) and it’s not that cold here. Lots of ppl around here use auto antifreeze but you can kill your pooch if it leaks and he drinks it. Besides, RV antifreeze is really cheap and so am I 👍