temperature of house for winterized.
I read the information on winterizing your house but I still have a question. What is the lowest temperature you can safely set you heating system at without draining you water lines. I have seen refe...
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Big plumbing concern for maintaining a low temperature in a house during winter is similar to what was earlier posted - pipes in outside walls or running in unheated areas. I know people who have had burst pipes in some rooms, even while they were living there. They closed off the rooms to "save money", not thinking about the plumbing.
Even maintaining around 50 degrees, you should open doors and cabinets of rooms that have plumbing in them, either as bathroom fixtures or running through the walls. Let the air circulate to avoid cold spots.
Basements that are kept warm with oil or gas furnaces can still have burst pipes, again the pipes that are in a far corner and/or running along an outside wall.
A friend has his house alarm system also monitor the temperature in two places in the house - in the kitchen, and in the "furnace room" (closet where furnace and a lot of plumbing is). It works very well, and has warned him of temperatures getting too low.
Even maintaining around 50 degrees, you should open doors and cabinets of rooms that have plumbing in them, either as bathroom fixtures or running through the walls. Let the air circulate to avoid cold spots.
Basements that are kept warm with oil or gas furnaces can still have burst pipes, again the pipes that are in a far corner and/or running along an outside wall.
A friend has his house alarm system also monitor the temperature in two places in the house - in the kitchen, and in the "furnace room" (closet where furnace and a lot of plumbing is). It works very well, and has warned him of temperatures getting too low.
