We left on Sunday to get daughter to college. I leave the forced hot air gas "back up" at 57 when I'm gone. Was in the singles and teens with wind here Sunday through Tuesday night when we returned. Walked in house felt really cold. Checked indoor thermometer 38, checked thermostat, fell off in my hand! I replaced batteries a few months earlier and must not have refastened correctly!! Uh oh. Replaced. But immediately loaded the IR! Burned it hot for three hours and then reloaded for the night. Lots of covers on the bed. This am it was 58 in house. Reloaded and now it is 65 and climbing. 20 degrees wind and snow outside. Very thankful for no frozen pipes, just as thankful for this IR! 2000 sq' colonial. Coming up to temp.
38 degree house
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Seanm
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I've had that happen once, now if I go anywhere in the dead of winter for more than a day or two I shut the water main off and relieve the pressure of the water lines (open valves).
Can I ask why you didn't turn the furnace on? The house would have been back up to temp in 2 hours instead of 12.
Can I ask why you didn't turn the furnace on? The house would have been back up to temp in 2 hours instead of 12.
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!!I hear ya on that but I would have been way too nervous - my thermostat would have been set to 85!
Highbeam
Minister of Fire
When the house is 38F or 58F, setting the thermostat to 85F doesn't make the furnace put out any more heat. It works the same set to 65F as it does set to 85F.
xman23
Minister of Fire
At our cabin, we drain the water and leave the thermostat at 40. For years we would arrive and turn up the electric heat and crank the wood stove. The rise was about 3 degrees an hour. Even with the electric blanket it was a cold Friday night. Now the programmable thermostat turns the heat up to 65, 8 hours before we get there.
heavy hammer
Minister of Fire
Years ago I remodeled my second living room the room with the woodstove. The day we opened up the 17 foot by 8 foot opening to the outside it was zero degrees. Me and my father were taking out two six foot old glass sliders and rebuilding a new wall with a outdoor French door. Like usual nothing went right and like twelve hours later we were all sealed back up wall built door in insulated etc. the house was down to 43 degrees. It took forever to get back up to temp. I'm glad nothing bad happened when you walk into that cold of a house it makes for a long cold nervous night.
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