Winter is coming fast, so one has to get water out of systems. This is the place in our basement where we turn off the water to the garage faucet. I have to turn them off then unscrew a screw to have them drain out. You also have to open the values in the garage otherwise a vacuum forms and water doesn't come out.
I also like to drain some water out of the water heater at this time of year to clean out any mineral build up. I generally don't get much, which surprises me since we have hard water. I can only imagine what the inside of the tank looks like...
This time though I loosened the nut and the faucet started dripping. Luckily it was a simple matter to tighten it up again.I also ran anti-freeze through the yard sprayer tonight, because it would be a bummer to lose that.
