Re: Heaters

[Guest guest]

I don't turn my furnace off but I just use heaters as extra heat in

rooms that I <<sit>> alot in, because when you sit around you get

colder. Those rooms I like to be toasty. In rooms you are more active

in, like perhaps kitchen or laundry room, your activity allows you to

tolerate lower temperatures. I don't think pipes freeze unless it get

very, very cold. You can also insulate those pipes easily yourself.

If they already are insulated, you can improve insulation on them if

you are in doubt. I don't know much about keeping crawl spaces dry so

no help there. I do know that some people use the area heaters for

sole heat and I did at hotel I stayed at for example. For that type

of usage, perhaps you get just get a dehumidifier for crawlspace???

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> I am very interested in the heater concept. To me there a few

benefits that would relax my mind tremendously for my daughters health.

[Guest guest]

the water in pipes freezes at 32 degrees just like any other water and when

it freezes it expands around 9% with tremendous force and that force can pop

them open causing a huge disaster...

[Guest guest]

Got to walmart and buy an indoor/outdoor thermometer (wireless) and

install the remote sensor in the same area as your pipes are. That way

you will always know weather your in danger of pipes freezing. Have a

backup plan if the crawl space drops down to 32 or less. Maybe some

type of portable heater that won't cause any type of fire hazard for

emergency's. Although if you got one of those fuel oil heaters the

efficiency and brute power would allow you to turn it way up high and

doing this would probably heat the floors enough to keep the pipes

from freezing.

On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 14:41:12 -0500, you wrote:

>If we were to use these heaters I am concerned w/keeping my crawl warm enough

so the pipes don't burst.