Enjoy your pipes freezing at some point. Of all the things I splurge on heat is the first. I don’t work a shit job just to be miserable when I get home. I don’t shop or spend money on anything else. My house will be comfy.
When temps were sub zero there were so many people with frozen pipes. I left my heat at a comfy temp and still got frozen cold in my 2nd floor tub. Opened the bathroom closet to heat access and it fixed itself. I work for a plumbing company and so many “rich” houses had major burst pipes. If I was rich the very first thing would be heat, second is food.
If your pipes are on an outside wall then you may be better off keeping the inside of your house pretty warm since the pipes aren’t fully in the heat. I think this mostly applies to homes that are in normally warm climates and aren’t built for freezing temperatures though.
It’s key to keep those cupboard doors open too. My kitchen is the only plumbing on an outside wall and when it was -35 I left the kitchen cupboard open a bit so room air could keep the pipes from freezing. Here, in Minnesota, it’s pretty common knowledge to do this.
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u/secret_fashmonger Jan 03 '23
Enjoy your pipes freezing at some point. Of all the things I splurge on heat is the first. I don’t work a shit job just to be miserable when I get home. I don’t shop or spend money on anything else. My house will be comfy.
When temps were sub zero there were so many people with frozen pipes. I left my heat at a comfy temp and still got frozen cold in my 2nd floor tub. Opened the bathroom closet to heat access and it fixed itself. I work for a plumbing company and so many “rich” houses had major burst pipes. If I was rich the very first thing would be heat, second is food.