[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by Tom C

If you loose heat in your house and it gets cold enough inside for the pipes, you can expect: All P-traps to break (under every sink and behind every water fixture that has a drain), all the toilet tanks (the back part) to crack, the toilet trap will probably shatter the bowl, the pipes in your walls (the last place to freeze) will split open (if copper pipes for sure, if you have the new plastic tubing, they MAY not crack open, but you will need to check all your fittings for leaks ... or just follow the puddles backwards ...

In short, turning off the water to your house will NOT protect your pipes unless you use compressed air and blow them all DRY. You will need to empty all your p-traps, but when you do that, sewer gasses will enter your house...

Essentially, it is all a mess...

The best you can do is to have a VERY GOOD neighbor check your home on a regular basis when the temps get cold.

Signed,
Been There, Done That.

You now how some leave a log in the pool so when it freezes, the expansion will push the log out????...............maybe leave a turd in the toilets.