I'm trying to figure out what wood heating system and backup will work best for a new build and have gotten same great advise from you all already. The question has come up on what we would do if/when we go on vacation in the winter. In the scenario that I have a boiler in an out building, with tank storage in the basement, and we leave in the winter for say a week, how do we keep our pipes from freezing around our boiler in the outbuilding? Can you have the pump kick on every few hours to circulate the water to keep it from freezing? Drain it? Antifreeze in the pipes (though costly)?
Also, if you have a system as described, and it's to the point of only needing fire or two a day, do you ever have to worry about freezing pipes in the outbuilding? I know insulation will help but still are there any problems? Thanks
Also, if you have a system as described, and it's to the point of only needing fire or two a day, do you ever have to worry about freezing pipes in the outbuilding? I know insulation will help but still are there any problems? Thanks