starvin marvin Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Other than having the heating come on twice a day for a couple of hours do any of you make any arrangements for protecting your homes against frost damage to the various water pipes? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Parke Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Not 'environmentlly friendly' but leave the cold taps 'on the drip' to allow a continous flow of water though the pipes. Also, whilst not connected with winter, set a couple of lights up in the lounge and bedroom to operate on time switches to give a sense of occupancy and do not draw any curtains. have a good break away, regards, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potjoe Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 I turn off the water and turn the tapes on and one Elc heater on in the hall.john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davenewellhome Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 If you don't have someone who can check the house over daily then your best bet is to turn the water off altogether and drain your tank. If you have a closed circuit central heating system then you should be ok to set your heating on low for a couple of hours a day, I'd set it to come on at midnight for two hours as that's the coldest time of day. D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 If you have a conventional system with separate boiler and hot water cylinder, turn of main s/cock, turn on hot tap leave till it stops running, turn on all cold taps till stop running, turn boiler stat to low, turn room stats or rad stats to low, time heating to come on twice ,pos 9 to 12 pm then 5 to 7 am, times approx, its actually colder early morning, if at all poss get a neighbor to check any day there's a frost that the boiler is ok, leave tel number of boiler engineer for if any problem, it should then be o/k. feel free to contact me if any query. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Just realized, on the post re; taps dripping, This is definitely a No,No. IF you have a dripping tap in a frost the water freezes in the waste outside, it then backs up to the sink, now no overflow so the water goes on floor, we had a few do this with disastrous results, Sorry to disagree with someone but we had over 4000 homes on our books for maintenance, so we saw it all. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel E Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Just in process of renewing our home insurance and most now insist in their conditions: - the house must not be unoccupied for more than 30/60 days continuously (length varies between companies) - during winter unoccupancy, central heating, if fitted, must be set to maintain a temperature of about 10 degrees C. It would therefore be worth checking your Policy Booklet before draining down systems. Mel E ==== Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Check your boiler, it may have a frost stat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie01 Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 do what trooper says plus if c h header tank is in the loft open up the loft hatch a little as lots of houses have deep insulation up there and a little warm air up there stops the expansion tank from freezing if you have a conventional system. if you have a combi dont bother and quite a few combis have in built frost stats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 We turn off the mains water at the stop cock, turn the room termerature thermostat down to 5 degrees C, set the boiler to come on for 90 minutes at 0630 am and again in the evening, turn off the calor gas bottle that feeds the gas hob and hope for the best. Not sure if we are doing it right but we seem to have got away with it for a few years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 Hi Geodie 01 Couldnt agree more about opening loft hatch, must be age on my part to forget, cheers :$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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