leaving house empty
We will be snowbirding this coming winter for the first time, and I have a concern about leaving the house unoccupied. Our granddaughter was going to live in the house, she is 18, just graduated and w...
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ford coupe wrote:
if you have someone winterize home make sure they will be responsible for any freeze damage. our plumber said he wouldn't do dish washer or wasing machine-guess what dish washer didn't survive have to have repairmen come fix watwr valve & drain we did run machine w/water off & poured rv antifreeze in draain still froze haven't tried washing machine almost afraid to.we have done this 2 years & no problem till this year. we do turn heat completrlt off as i can't stomach 3-400 gas bill
That is very odd. Our dishwasher is a Kenmore and our Washing Machine is a GE, and I know for a fact that they freeze and thaw constantly throughout the winter months while we are snow birding, but yet we never have had any damage in the past twelve years that we have been snow birding.
We live in the high country of NC and this past winter broke all kinds of records for below zero weather, yet when we came home everything worked fine
Jack L
