I got some deer meat in the freezer, a wood stove and some moonshine. I will survive just fine!

Ness … how do yall heat your homes ? …. Got propane heater and fireplace here …. The city folk have electric heaters and AC

… if the power goes out the city folk are sol

we heat with natural gas here. (not THAT natural gas!)

… is it piped in ? .. got to have a propane tank here … that requires a truck come out to fill up

Back in the olden days lol When I was single I lived in an upstairs apartment. 1st year the pipes froze.just opened the kitchen cabnet doors under the sink and they thawed. After that I let the cold water faucet drip. No more problems.
BTW its -7 nere now. Unheated basement all plumbing there. Outdoor pipes 4' deep. Rural water No problems.
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BTW its -12 in Minneapolis lol

yes piped in. we had a propane tank at our old house. And an old converted coal furnace. Power was out for days once but even though the fan would run, the furnace put out enough heat to keep everything from freezing.

Savelll is right Texas is nice but the ifasructer isn’t set up for it. Lived there for 2 winters a little ice storm shut down Dallas with rolling black outs for 3 days. People were freaking out. I went out and drove around wasn’t a car on the roads. Ice Wasn’t anything worse than I had seen up north. Just another winter day up here.

… what kind of pipe to y’all run ? … this pvc we got will bust fairly easy

… shoot a few years ago me and a buddy rode into town during a freeze and were the only ones out …. There was enough snow on the road we didn’t slip much … ice a different story

… town looked like a quaint Eskimo village lol

Everything is plastic here. Even rural water.
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PVC outside, copper inside

…. My mind can’t comprehend having running water while being under freezing for months … regardless of insulation

…. I think yall practice black magic or something lol

I have oil fired furnace...with forced hot water..base board heating.

All copper pipe in the basement and copper pipe running to the second floor base boards

And if we lose power..I can still make coffee in the morning ....with the propane cook stove.

But no generator here...living dangerously..

…. Sounds like black magic to me lol

Under ground?

Copper or pex.

Bury it deep, here 8 ft is a good idea.

Yup...Northern NH has temps like yours..

Different building codes in those colder areas

Yes sir… it’s under ground… it’ll bust at the well or in the attic

… have to drain everything from the well to the faucets to get the water out when it’s under freezing for a few hours or they’ll bust

… shoot even had one pvc elbow bust even after doing all that a couple years ago

Stack a bunch of bales around and on the well, and leave the attic door open.

Rebs sure are soft.

So your outlet at the well is above grade? If so build a little structure over it, use an electric heater to keep it warm. Here we call them well house heaters or milk house heaters. Doesnt take much, even less in your part of the world. Turn it on when you need it.


The attic? Blow in some more insulation. Helps with cooling as well
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I heat with propane, According to my electric bill it uses about the same amount of electricity to heat my house at 25 below as it does to try and keep it cool at 90 95.