What temperature do you leave your home at
Today, I had my furnace guy come for the annual check-up, cleaning etc. I've known the guy for many years. I was telling him that next year we would be spending winter in the South and was planning on...
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jplante4 wrote:
and turn off the water (prudent),
Another little know fact:
If you turn the water OFF, you also should leave all of your faucets cracked open.
Frozen pipes break not because of the frozen water but because of the EXTREME pressure that builds up as the ice plug grows and pushes against the water that is not frozen.
The common advice to let your faucets drip during extreme cold is NOT to bring in warmer water (mostly) but to prevent this pressure should a freeze happen.
And yes, I was told this by an actual expert after I had a pipe freeze and burst.
