What Do you Do When You Go Away

Mega user Posts : 2150 Join date : 2010-02-18

We all I suppose at some time leave our properties to go away for a winter holiday. :C: :Xmas2:

Do you.

Leave the heating on at a lower level.

Get someone to check on your property and turn the heating on if it gets cold.

Turn the water off.

Turn the water off and drain the heating system (If water based)

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Moderator Posts : 792 Join date : 2009-09-29 Age : 63

We went back to the UK for Christmas.
We drained the water completely and a neighbour came in every few days to check
all was ok. All pipes are very well lagged with fibreglass.
We only have wood burners, one upstairs and a wood burner/oven in the kitchen. No radiators with
them. When we bought the house there were electric radiators in every room, but they're very
expensive to run. Only if we run out of wood!

Moderator Posts : 2299 Join date : 2009-09-14 Age : 61

My neighbour has a set of keys and calls round every day if we're not there.

If we have to leave for any time, he comes round the same day and helps us turn everything off and drain the system.

Super user Posts : 391 Join date : 2010-10-17

My sister who lives nearby pops in daily and checks everything is ok so we don't really do anything.