No heat in northern home all winter.
With the high cost of keeping heat in our Illinois home all winter while we are gone I am considering turning off all heat to our house. I already turn the water off and blow out the lines and winter...
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I have a cottage up north, weather goes down to minus 40 in the winter and snows up to 6 feet. The walls are covered with wood planks and some are Gyproc. It is insulated with fiberglass batts. The floors are laminated.
There are hundreds of cottage up there and nobody heat them up when they are away, we just crank the wood stove when we get there and all humidity goes out and everything is fine. Some people just leave the cottage all winter and only go back in summer.
I have never heard of someone having trouble with and it is never a concern. Other than making sure all water line are either emptied or with home antifreeze in it, the drain fill up with antifreeze and the toilet.
There are hundreds of cottage up there and nobody heat them up when they are away, we just crank the wood stove when we get there and all humidity goes out and everything is fine. Some people just leave the cottage all winter and only go back in summer.
I have never heard of someone having trouble with and it is never a concern. Other than making sure all water line are either emptied or with home antifreeze in it, the drain fill up with antifreeze and the toilet.
