Comments on: Closing Down a House for the Winter http://www.handymanfixhomerepair.com/closing-down-a-house-for-the-winter/ How to Fix, Build, Install, Customize, Repair, Restore, Renovate, and Demolish your House and Home Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:14:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: dale http://www.handymanfixhomerepair.com/closing-down-a-house-for-the-winter/comment-page-1/#comment-3470 dale Fri, 01 Oct 2010 17:52:31 +0000 http://www.handymanfixhomerepair.com/?p=295#comment-3470 We live in NH -- We have a four zone Hot Water Heating system. I have heard two different suggestions on how best to shut up a house for the 6 winter months. 1. Drain all water from boiler and drinking and go completely cold. 2. Drain water, but leave low heat on to control humidity. I resently put antifreeze in the heating system and I can easily drain the rest of the house. Now it's just a question as to builing damage. Normally humidity is low in NE during the winter. I shut everything off last year and no plaster cracks or other damage was noticable. Am I still taking a risk? D We live in NH — We have a four zone Hot Water Heating system.

I have heard two different suggestions on how best to shut up a house for the 6 winter months. 1. Drain all water from boiler and drinking and go completely cold. 2. Drain water, but leave low heat on to control humidity.

I resently put antifreeze in the heating system and I can easily drain the rest of the house. Now it’s just a question as to builing damage. Normally humidity is low in NE during the winter. I shut everything off last year and no plaster cracks or other damage was noticable. Am I still taking a risk?

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