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Posted by Lamey on April 27, 2007, 10:29 pm
On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:56:21 -0400, pisanochas@webtv.net (Charles
Pisano) wrote:
>Not sure if anyone remebers my posts regarding being concerned about my
>pipes freezing in my vacation home. I ended up trying to drain as much
>out as I could and crossed my fingers.
>
>When I returned here this year, I came back to a busted water meter ($90
>incl. parts and labor). I figure I'd have spent more than that on
>electric if I'd have listened to the builder and left the whole house on
>at 65. And the power could have gone out anyway.
>
>Nothing happened to the latex paint that was in my garage. Not sure why.
>It was pretty full.
>
>Anyway this year I guess I'll use heat tape on the meter section and
>hope the rest of it goes as good as it did last year.
>
>Strange thing about the home improvement stores in the NE, you can't buy
>things like this (heat tape, space heaters etc) out of season. I could
>use a space heater in my upstairs bedroom right now and I'd like to work
>on my heat tape, but I guess it's not happening till fall.
>
>Charles
There's also a blanket you can put over the meter.
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