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Leaving town before an Arctic freeze
Posted on 1/10/24 at 9:09 am
Posted on 1/10/24 at 9:09 am
We are in Arkansas which is expecting really low temps while we are away. House (slab, built 10 years ago) will be vacant for a week. Water heater in insulated attic over garage. What is the best thing to do?
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Posted on 1/10/24 at 9:12 am to TigerGrl73
let water drip from the faucets?
Posted on 1/10/24 at 9:15 am to TigerGrl73
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What is the best thing to do?
Turn off the water going into the house.
Posted on 1/10/24 at 9:20 am to Glock17
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Turn off the water going into the house.
And open the faucets to drain them.
Posted on 1/10/24 at 9:56 am to TigerGrl73
Let water drip, open cabinet door under the sink, leave dishwasher door open.
Posted on 1/10/24 at 10:33 am to LordSnow
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Turn off the water going into the house.
And open the faucets to drain them.
i'm leaving tomorrow thru next wednesday and this is what i'll be doing in the morning. turn your water off, and open (all) of your faucets and exterior hose bibbs and let them drain out
there will still be water in your horizontals but those will be protected by the slab
Posted on 1/10/24 at 11:39 am to cgrand
Don’t forget to leave the heat on. Open attic stairs if equipped.
Posted on 1/10/24 at 12:59 pm to TigerGrl73
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Water heater in insulated attic over garage.
This can mean different things, but personally if I left with a water heater up high I'd turn it off and drain it. Turn your water off to it also.
There's tons of very easy and very good apps for monitoring homes when gone, I'd consider one of them.
Homes in arkansas and further north then gulf states are generally built to freeze but as said if your kitchen sink and dishwasher are on an exterior wall it can help to keep the cabinet doors open to allow warm air flow.
Posted on 1/10/24 at 10:40 pm to TigerGrl73
Maybe isolate and drain as much as you can. I had a former coworker who had a pretty nice camp in central Arkansas, he left sinks dripping and the drain pipe froze, dripping water filled drains, overflowed from sinks and ruined the floors in the house.
Posted on 1/10/24 at 11:19 pm to TigerGrl73
I wouldn't leave any water dripping inside the house if no one is home. Too many things can go wrong with that. Its a pain but sans no one to come check on things daily, I'd be compelled to drain everything I could and obviously shut the main off. Without blowing all the water out of the lines, you'll still run the smaller risk of a burst pipe but at least you'll be home when the water is turned back on and can deal with it immediately.
Posted on 1/11/24 at 6:19 am to baldona
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This can mean different things, but personally if I left with a water heater up high I'd turn it off and drain it. Turn your water off to it also.
Always wondered if you drained the lines and the tank, if you should turn off the water heater. Naturally makes sense.
Posted on 1/11/24 at 7:14 am to TigerGrl73
If it was my house, I'd turn off the water and drain/blow out everything and put alcohol in the drains.
Posted on 1/11/24 at 11:41 pm to Turnblad85
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I wouldn't leave any water dripping inside the house if no one is home.
During the big freeze a couple or three years ago, I was working out of state. I went home and got the water running more than a drip.
When I returned after things thawed, the pipes had not frozen, but the drains did. Every damn thing overflowed and turned into a sheet of ice in every room. Had to replace floors and drywall that had soaked water up.
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