On Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:35:45 -0800 (PST), wrote:

if you can't get a furnace to run and the outside temp is in the teens
or lower, what should you do? I'd guess the first thing is to shut off
the water main. Then do you have to open taps in the kitchen and
bathroom? Do you have to open every one a little?

Would all of that insure that pipes won't burst?

Besides that, is there anything else to do? Thanks.


Open the uppermost valve in the house, such as a showerhead on the top
floor. Open the lowest valve valve. Most of the water should drain.
Try to keep the house above freezing. Be extra safe with kerosene.

Phisherman wrote:
On Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:35:45 -0800 (PST), wrote:

if you can't get a furnace to run and the outside temp is in the teens
or lower, what should you do? I'd guess the first thing is to shut off
the water main. Then do you have to open taps in the kitchen and
bathroom? Do you have to open every one a little?

Would all of that insure that pipes won't burst?

Besides that, is there anything else to do? Thanks.


Open the uppermost valve in the house, such as a showerhead on the top
floor. Open the lowest valve valve. Most of the water should drain.
Try to keep the house above freezing. Be extra safe with kerosene.

The lowest valve is usually the water heater drain, or an expansion tank
drain if you have a well.

nate

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Open the uppermost valve in the house, such as a showerhead on the top
floor. Open the lowest valve valve. Most of the water should drain.
Try to keep the house above freezing. Be extra safe with kerosene.

The lowest valve is usually the water heater drain, or an expansion tank
drain if you have a well.


And don't forget, if you have a garden faucet on the outside of your
house, you may want to close the valve on the inside and open the outside
faucet. Water freezing inside the faucet body can cause the faucet body
to crack open. Up north, common practice every fall where expected temp
at least one or two days is below zero F.

Phil