re: Better to have water dripping or turn off main and drain.

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Seeing it will be anywhere from 15-18 at the coldest.

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Unless you have completely exposed pipes I wouldn't even be concerned about that.

But we don't have houses sitting on posts up north, so it's a bit different that way.

I don't even think about things possibly freezing up unless it is well below zero and staying there for a couple days. But, as stated, we build our houses a bit differently.

YouTube: All State Ins Canada recomends protecting your yous during a freeze

Those Hosers know about freezing pipes eh

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Yes but don't you think building codes, especially insulation standards, are different in DFW than they are in colder climates?

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Did you stop reading my post half way through? I understand the codes are different, there is no other explanation. My house is on a slab and I have pipes in my attic, though not as many, same as my DFW houses. I also have some pipes in exterior walls. No way there are significant enough differences between construction costs between a house in the PNW and a TX house where anything below 28 degrees means opening faucets.

So, in DFW, where it gets cold enough to freeze pipes and damage property every year, why would you not spend a couple grand more to no have to drip your faucet when it’s going to be 20 degrees overnight? Why would that not be building code when every year people (and insurance companies) in that state pay millions and millions of dollars fixing damage from frozen pipes in homes? Explain it to me like I’m 5. Assuming you read this far for a change…

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So do you drip the outside faucets as well or not? I have them both wrappe

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Nope. And it was -9 this morning up in the NW. Had never even seen one of those goofy styrofoam caps for outside faucets until I moved to TX.