Temp in your house when gone?

[Jon99]

We are leaving for a week at WDW, for the people in the north, what do you leave your thermostat on when gone???

 

[nordkin]

We leave our house on 60, but make sure the cabinet doors under the sinks are open so the pipes don't freeze. Have a beach house and leave that at 55 with the water turned off.

 

[swilshire]

I'm not in the north, but we do get some cold weather here. We set our thermostat at the lowest setting any time we are away, which is about 50 degrees. I think part of it would depend on how well insulated the various parts of the house are. For example, we had pipes burst in a bathroom ceiling once while we were there because that room was more exposed to the weather and not well heated.

If all the areas of your house stay at about the same temperature, anything over freezing should be fine, I would think.

Sheila

 

[shades]

We don't live "up north" - but, temps have dropped to the teens/low 20's and we have a cat. We are leaving for WDW on the 23rd and I will leave the thermostat at 67-70ish.

 

[ntburns22]

We leave it between 55-60. We also leave the cabinets open under the sink.

 

[OhMari]

55 degrees is good. If you have a water pipe that runs along an outside wall, you could let it drip. We closed our church rectory last year and we had the temp set at 52 all winter and the water pipes did not freeze.

 

[tinaluis]

We were gone for 2 weeks during Chicago's last bitter-cold spell and left our thermostat at 50 with no problems. Our house is pretty well-insulated. Even with the thermostat set to 50 (and only raising it 65 while we were home) we got a $248 heating bill!!!!!! I can't imagine how high it's going to be in January and February.

 

[WAHMto5]

We are in Northern Illinois and plan on leaving ours at 58~60.

 

[java]

Well right now our heat is broken. so the temp is about 55. "The guy" is due any minute now and I can't wait for him to get here. So I guess at 55 your pipes are fine- because nothing happened to ours last night. If you don't hear from me send the dogs...........

 

[In Luv with Disney]

We are in New York and when we go away in the winter, we set out temp to 50 degrees. We have done this the past three years for at least a week and the pipes didn't freeze or anything!

 

[hmgolden]

We leave ours at 55 when we are gone for an extended period of time, and the cat is not home. (55 is what our condo association requires).

 

[mickeyfan2]

55 when we are on vacation.

 

[LIFERBABE]

Well right now our heat is broken. so the temp is about 55. "The guy" is due any minute now and I can't wait for him to get here. So I guess at 55 your pipes are fine- because nothing happened to ours last night. If you don't hear from me send the dogs...........

Warm Wishes to you Java! Are you still there! Stay with us now and keep moving!

We plan on leaving ours at 60 and thanks for the tip about the cabinet doors. We are in Texas and we don't Winter, we have "Winter Events"
but after last weeks bitter cold, Im ready for Florida!

 

[tink2dw]

It was March in Oregon In 2001 days are rainy. Temps range from 55 to 45 day time highs to 35 to 30 night time lows.

I had a water bed I forgot to turn down. But we turned down the gas down to 50 degrees. and went to WDW for 15 days.

We had a blast! Even with a couple of ill days. We got back at midnite ready to drop into bed!! But my water bed was already occupied.

You can't even guess.

An Ant colony had taken over my waterbed! They were everwhere! In the sheets, under the water mattress, just everywhere!!

I screamed and ranted and raved. But my husband stripped the bed threw the bedding away. Sprayed ant killer and Cleaned the room.

And the next day he took me new bed shopping!! He is such a dear!!

But the point is keep in mind ALL that can happen while you are gone!!

 

[MUFFYCAT]

I'd leave it around 55 degrees.

 

[jeancbpugh]

Wintertime in Chicago and going out of town we:

- set thermostats to 55 degrees

- shut off the water and leave a few taps open (drains the pipes in the house)

- turn water heaters down

 

[georgina]

We go for 50, and definitely shut the water off. We had neighbors whose hot water heater sprang a leak while they were away and it caused quite a mess. That can happen any time of year, i think theirs was during warm weather.

 

[jeancbpugh]

We go for 50, and definitely shut the water off. We had neighbors whose hot water heater sprang a leak while they were away and it caused quite a mess. That can happen any time of year, i think theirs was during warm weather.

We shut the water off to the house, but we don't drain the hot water heaters. Do you?