How to avoid damage to the barrels with water in the winter? 2 folk method

We all know that the freezing water turns to ice and expands, which leads to damage of the barrel with water - it is cracked or she pushes the bottom. Therefore, in winter the water was poured from barrels, barrel and turned upside down.

But what if your barrel more than those in the photo, or it is not installed on the ground and drain the water from it it is not possible? Here we come to the aid of two simple but time-tested method.

We use plastic bottles

To do this, you need to adhere to the bottle any load (eg, brick), so that the bricks lay on the bottom of the barrel and the bottle was immersed in water for half the neck up. Cap on the bottle should be slightly open so that air can escape from it.

Then during the freezing point of water ice will expand and compress our first bottle and keg will remain in good order. Just keep in mind that the larger the volume of the barrel, the more bottles we need.

Stick-vyruchalka

And this method is simple to outrageous, but it really works. We will need a stick (or timber) in diameter up to 10 cm and a height greater than the height barrels. This stick we drop into a barrel, and fixed to it is not pushed to the surface - it should stand on the bottom.

As a result, during the ice freezing as it will crawl along the stick, but our drum will remain intact.