Egon
Epic Contributor
insulated pipe shrouding with self regulating heat tape on the pipe. Pretty standard commercial installation.
I agree that insulating is best, but will caution that mice love to chew and nest on blue styrofoam. If going with heat tape the type inside the pipe is best for a long term solution.
I still would be tempted to shut the valve off inside the house when not in use... “just in case”.
Yes this, and I would still recommend you figure out a way to bury that pipe below the frost line.Heat Tape and insulate. Heat Tapes need to be on a GFCI circuit.
When blowing out water lines, you never get all the water out so you have been lucky so far.