Security at home base?
Would like to hear ideas and discussion regarding what people do regarding security at their home base if you are away from home traveling many months of the year. I realize you can get an alarm syste...
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jolooote wrote:
Turn OFF outside water & gas mains that feed the whole house.
That might work in South Florida, where there are no problems with freezing. Otherwise it means emptying the house of anything that might freeze, draining water lines, and winterizing drains.
If I'm going to leave a house empty and unheated, I'll shut off the power too.
We go through these options taking cabins out of service at the lake, but there is some cost and effort getting the place back into service, as opposed to leaving it ready to walk back in and live in it.
