Freezing weather conditions

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We are new to the magic world of getting into the motorhome and driving for miles, however recently we had to cancel a booked trip due to the freezing weather conditions. We have been led to believe that sub-zero temperatures will freeze the water and burst the pipes, so do not travel. In addition we are told to drain down all water systems before puting into storage over the Winter period.
We are somewhat bemused when we read of travels that other owners have during the winter months and cannot understand how their vehicles survive the low temperatures. Interesting reading but how do they do it?
 
Nov 19, 2010
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Some vans, described as "fully wibnterised," have ALL their water (tanks, pipes etc) inboard, so some of the intrepid folks you read of will have those.
We haven't so we drain the system for SERIOUSLY sub-zero weather, and if we use the van at all then rely on water carried in loose containerrs inside.
However, our system can cope quite happily with temps down to about -2, and I suspect most can. We've certainly camped in snow in ours, with fully facilities operating.
 

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When the van is parked up on the drive during cold weather I do a full drain down, including opening the taps, but the cold doesn't put us off using the van if there is a trip we want to do.
We had a 2004 Elddis Autoquest 100 from June 2006 until December 2011 when it was written off, whilst parked, by an Asda delivery van (nobody hurt thank goodness) and regularly went away in cold weather. We used sites with EHU and ran a small oil filled radiator overnight to keep the temperature inside above zero.
Our replacement van is a 2003 Burstner t625 Harmony which we picked up a fortnight ago. We've just been down to Dave Newell's at Telford to have a solar panel & Autogas bottle fitted. The overnight temperatures were pretty low so, although the insulation is a lot better than the Autoquest, we kept the heater on minimum overnight to ensure that the release valve didn't drop the water.
Graham
 

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It worked out quite well in the end Jackie. We had intended looking at replacing the van this summer so, in effect, that was just brought forward. I managed to negotiate a decent settlement with the insurance company and a decent price for the Burstner so it has cost us a lot less than we expected to have to pay to top up a trade in
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Graham, modest, To a fault Sorry can't do smileys so repeat after me Rofl, Rofl,
Seriously, an excellent site of which he's justifiably proud (Thank hea
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