Drip faucets or turn off water

I am only worried about kitchen sink and half bath as they are both on exterior walls. We are leaving the heat on and cabinets open.

At least it’s kind of cold there. People in Louisiana drip faucets when it’s gonna be 28.

Probably what I will do. Neighbor says he turns water off because we are on septic tanks and not sewers. I have always dripped but never while I am gone for a couple of days.

Here we go again!
No grown man should have to ask this!!!

I honestly don’t know why people drip faucets. I can see it in the 1950s but today it doesn’t seem necessary.
Unless it going to be below freezing in your house the temp will stay high enough not to worry about your pipes. I guess if you live in a raised home with exposed pipes underneath then thats a totally different story

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Neighbor says he turns water off because we are on septic tanks and not sewers.

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Dripping for a few days will have zero effect on a septic tank/field unless it’s actually a Lowe’s bucket down by the river. (ETA: You aren’t there using the drains anyway so it’ll be a lot less than your usual strain on the system. Unless a dyspeptic squatter moves in. Then you have bigger problems.)

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I honestly don’t know why people drip faucets. I can see it in the 1950s but today it doesn’t seem necessary.
Unless it going to be below freezing in your house the temp will stay high enough not to worry about your pipes

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I live in Central (La suburb city of BR), house on piers. I drip sinks in bathroom and kitchen.

I know someone a couple miles away, house on a slab. She dripped, but there was an outside faucet connected to the same line as her kitchen sink. In the last freeze, that outside line froze, and burst the pipes in her wall. They had to cut away an interior section of the wall to get to it. Ended up just capping off the outside line there.

To heck with the water bill, I think mine was $10 more for the month. I don't want to deal with busted pipes.

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At least it’s kind of cold there. People in Louisiana drip faucets when it’s gonna be 28.

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They don’t build raised homes with pipes exposed in north Atlanta suburbs.


Derp



And over the years I’ve had pipes burst from freezing twice in Louisiana. Happened zero times in GA.

Also happened zero times when I lived in Tampa, but it never got below freezing when I lived there.

I usually drip at 25 or below on furthest faucets. Below that I’ll open cabinets and drip a few more.

In the 20 or 21 freeze we lost power for 5 days. I shut the water off and went to a hotel and had no problems once we got power back.