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Old 08-06-10, 05:20 PM   #4
wyatt
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Remember to protect against freezing. Running a line through the attic sounds good until it bursts on the one night a year that might be cold enough to do so... Perhaps in the "winter" you will have to throw on some tube insulation that can be taken off when temps warm up. Similarly, you may want to have the option of closing off the attic from the water heater. Here in Alabama, lots of people have their entire water heating systems in the attic, and lots of people have their lines freeze on cold nights. One guy I work with had his tank burst when he was at his parents house for Christmas-New Years... He had shut off the water to the house, and shut off the gas. This meant the water heater cooled, then froze, but didn't flood his house, or in this case, garage (since his was in the attic over his garage).
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