Winter protection for Chicago home?
We will be traveling January thru March. What steps should I follow to protect my house. My big worry is my furnace turning off and the water pipes freezing. Suggestions appreciated.
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We do not have a house but a garage with a full bathroom and washer and dryer and 2 outside water risers. We winterize the washer following the instructions provided by the manufacturer. Then we drain the water heater and run RV antifreeze through all the water lines. Then pour some in all the p-traps. We use about 15 gallons of antifreeze doing this. Some think that this is foolish instead of just blowing out the lines but caution is our middle name. Our neighbor just shuts off his water and turns the heat down but he had a back up whole house generator in case the power goes out and a family member to check periodically.
