typical spring questions;roller furling, hot water heater, life of Glassmat batt

[horsemel]

My chandler called today and has finally gotten hose in stock.  He is holding it for me until I get there on Friday. Hopefully all will go well on Friday so we can leave on our weeklong cruise on Saturday.  A couple places talked about using silicone hose with nylon mesh.  Never heard of it so did not think it a good idea to try it.  Anybody know anything about it?
Mark Mueller

[crieders]

No  question offends me. I appreciate all the helpful suggestions. Yes, the hoses are running into the tank at the bottom. They are not bypassing the hot water heater

[Ed Shankle]

Cliff,
Since you're not taking offense to simple questions, have the fresh water hoses that input and output to the heater been bypassed, as many of us do when winterizing?

Ed