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Originally Posted by Ryland
Drain the pipes and put a coat on.
People go camping at -20F, I think we can handle being in houses that don't have heat, my parents who aren't all that old even talk about being kids and waking up with frost on their bed covers.
The risky part is people who do things like leave a water tap running, the drain was already slow or maybe it froze up and floods the house while they sleep and that happens without the heat going out!
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It's actually not that easy to drain a forced hotwater baseboard heating system.
The basement loop would be next to impossible to drain..
Have to blow it out with air pressure.
All my best to those people who go camping in -20 deg weather.. May they RIP.
I'm pretty sure that an old man from Texas would only last a few hours in -20..
It's just not in the DNA..
When I was a boy, camping on the Rio Grande, I woke up with frost on my sleeping bag some mornings,
but the temp was around 25 to 30 F.. Above Zero! And by 11AM, it would be in the 70s..
That's a good point about leaving the water tap on.. If your sink drain freezes, and you still have running water! LOL!!
A while back in Boston, some idiots turned down their heat in some stores, trying to save a few bucks..
When they came in on Monday, and turned on the heat. Flood waters came out of the ceilings!
Those guys aren't from Fargo..
