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i deal with this everyday. don't shut off the main. keep the heat on, you don't have to go crazy, as hotkarl said 60 is fine. if you have any sinks along outside walls of the house make sure cabinets underneath are open so the heat will reach the supply lines. not a bad idea to leave a sink upstairs barely dripping if weatherman predicts a super cold spell.
lol I don't even set my heat to 65 when I'm home. I worked on plenty of beach houses in the winter time and the heat was set to 50-55 degrees. Never saw any issues.
lol I don't even set my heat to 65 when I'm home. I worked on plenty of beach houses in the winter time and the heat was set to 50-55 degrees. Never saw any issues.
I tried that once. It was not in the winter. Not a good idea. Fortunately my brother-in-law was looking after the house. He found the burner, we have oil/hot water, making a strange noise so he just shut the burner from the switch. In my situation it seems that the zones require the water to be on to maintain the volume required. Or I have a leak somewhere.
We just purchased a home (not yet moved in) where the old oil burner actually stopped working (won't fire), likely due to non-maintenance. We're looking to convert to gas anyway and didn't want to throw more money into it servicing the boiler. The heats been off for about 3 weeks now and no burst pipe yet. I did turn off the main water valve. Not a risk I would normally take but we're doing a gut reno anyway.
I have a home in VT which I use throughout the year, but less frequently in winter. I turn the heat down to 58, turn off water at each the faucet in the house, but leave all the faucets opened. I turn off the hose bib but make sure that this is open. Toilets are turned off and then flushed. The dishwasher and washing machine water taps are turned off.
The only problem I have ever had was here in NY and it wasn't even in the cold weather. 1st time the plastic fitting between my sink water filter failed -- I came home from Columbus Day weekend to a flood. The second time the something in the toilet failed and water kept overflowing the bowl -- the float didn't rise and the water kept on pouring into and over the edge of the toilet for 5 hours at least.
I take it from your user name you are in the business in some capacity. Why in heavens name would you say an unoccupied house should be heated to 65 degrees at a MINIMUM? Are you one of the folks who think you save on oil by keeping the thermostat higher? That's complete nonsense.
I take it from your user name you are in the business in some capacity. Why in heavens name would you say an unoccupied house should be heated to 65 degrees at a MINIMUM? Are you one of the folks who think you save on oil by keeping the thermostat higher? That's complete nonsense.
When heating oil was at $4+ a gallon 65 was the maximum!
If all I turn off is the water main and nothing else, does that hurt the boiler and hot water heater? I think the answer is no as long as those devices are not completely drained?
Pinhole leaks in copper pipes appear too common these days and if nothing would break due to water main being off, I dont see the drawback to it? BTW, this is in the spring, summern, and autumn months so pipes freezing is not an issue for us.
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