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Posted by Stormin Mormon on October 5, 2009, 7:58 pm
I've heard of folks piling hay bales around the house.
Sounds risking rot and decay, and fire hazzard. But, the
concept is sound. I live in a trailer which is also subject
to freezing pipes. They put the pipes in the same chase as
the heat run, so that helps a lot.
One friend, in a trailer, did have pipes freeze when she ran
out of propane. She has two tanks. Didn't want to leave one
tank turned off "cause it might run out in the middle of the
night". So, she ran both tanks out, and then had no heat for
several bitter cold days in the deep winter, while waiting
for the propane truck. She left the cold faucet dribbling,
and the hot water line froze.
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Christopher A. Young
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>> I'm afraid that I'll be trading a few bucks off the gas
>> bill for a
>> lifetime of plumbing problems.
> They get paid by the gov'ment to do what they do. If the
> taxpayers also pay
> them to do vasectomies, cross your legs.
Better idea, IMHO, to insulate the walls in the crawl space,
down to the
footers. Also to seal the air leaks at the sill plate, and
insulate the
band joist spaces. Unless a crawl space is damp, I see no
reason to
vent it anytime during the year, and most modern houses
don't even have
vents. Just vapor barrier over the dirt.
--
aem sends...
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>> bill for a
>> lifetime of plumbing problems.