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GoldenLeftovers t1_j6n3v2q wrote

Reply to comment by hosmosis in Stay warm this weekend by rocksandlsd

This is absurdly wasteful and expensive advice...

If you live in a well insulated house from the last couple decades, you're good with a reasonable room temp (not 72).

If you live in a drafty old house like myself, allowing the taps to drip is going to keep them from freezing up.

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Jesus_Was_A_Fungi t1_j6nrcyy wrote

Absurdly wasteful and expensive?!? Turning the heat up 2-4 degrees for two days? You must be fun to know.

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keanenottheband t1_j6p8f4x wrote

We are normally set at 62, I wonder how much more expensive it would cost to be at 72? Only my 5th winter here so I still have zero idea on how much fuel we are burning

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ecco-domenica t1_j6njqdh wrote

>If you live in a drafty old house like myself, allowing the taps to drip is going to keep them from freezing up.

Maybe. Hopefully. Sometimes. In some houses. Not if your furnace or boiler goes out.

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AnythingToAvoidWork t1_j6pasn7 wrote

I drip my faucets just to be safe even though I'm well insulated. Seems only prudent.

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