On 28 Nov 2005 01:41:07 -0800, "Kevin" wrote:

Normally if I was on holiday for 2 weeks at Christmas I would switch
the heating off and turn the water off just in case.
With very cold weather predicted I just wonder if it would be advisable
to leave the heating on the programmer but turn the thermostat down a
bit. As I see it if it still freezes I am stuffed so I might aswell
switch the heating and water off.
What do other people do?

Kevin

Have a boiler with built in frost protection.

You can get external frost thermostats which will run the heating if
the temperature drops below a certain point, even if the other
controls are off.

Alternatively, you can just turn the main room thermostat to a low
setting.



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..andy