We've been shutting down my grandmother's house every winter since 2001. No big whoop, blow the water out of the lines, pour some washer fluid in the toilet and clothes washer and in the traps under the sink.
2000 was the first year she didn't stay the winter. We kept the house at 55F but still blew out the pipes (dammed pipes freeze even when you keep the house warm) and it cost $1600 in oil. That was the last year for that. Last summer my uncle re-plumbed the bathroom with an eye toward drainage, blowing out the lines is MUCH easier now. It used to take an hour with a 50% chance a pipe would still break, now we're down to maybe 15 minutes and no broken pipes this year. Time will tell... -Curt Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 10:33:28 -0500 From: Randy Bennell <rbenn...@bennell.ca> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] I'm interviewing at Taylor Message-ID: <500585c8.4070...@bennell.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed On 16/07/2012 6:40 PM, Scott Ritchey wrote: > We had winter snowbirds in FL (Ft Walton Beach/Destin area). One of then > explained to me that it was cheaper to vacation in FL than to heat their > home during the Canadian winter. > > But unless you get rid of your home, you need to heat it anyway. At a lower temperature no doubt but most homes are not easily shut down for the winter. We do with the cottage but it is hard on it. Randy _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
