Winterizing house
I've heard conflicting opinions on this and was wondering what you do. If the house has no heat at all for the winter should we expect damage of any kind? Once it snows our road won't be accessible ...
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jplante4
You are correct but you also have a leak in your system. Steam systems use water but hot water systems use almost nothing as the system is sealed (except for the air purge valve). I have a boiler and hot water heat. My solution is to install a a large pressure gauge and have my house sitter read it as part of his walk thru. I also have the sitter turn on the water once a week to water house plants and flush the toilets. Doing this allows the auto fill to replenish water to the boiler in case of a small leak.
You are correct but you also have a leak in your system. Steam systems use water but hot water systems use almost nothing as the system is sealed (except for the air purge valve). I have a boiler and hot water heat. My solution is to install a a large pressure gauge and have my house sitter read it as part of his walk thru. I also have the sitter turn on the water once a week to water house plants and flush the toilets. Doing this allows the auto fill to replenish water to the boiler in case of a small leak.
