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Sep.16,2010
Heating/plumbing question…?
I just had a new furnance installed last week. I have a home that is 104 years old (I’ve only owned it a year and a half) with all the plumbing connections in the basement crawl space. Even though I have insulated all the pipes I can get to, they froze today. I have a heat tape on there now but my question is:
Wouldn’t it be the more intelligent solution to vent heat into the basement to prevent this from happening again? Is it unusual and/or wasteful to heat a partial basement normally?
Normally it takes a cold draft on water lines to freeze them, I would recomend you seal up (insulate) the crawl space and also throw a little heat run in there. It woud not all be wasted as it will also help the floor avove it stay warmer.
Plumbing and Heating
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