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Originally Posted by Garywt
It is not going to be cold enough long enough to be a problem. As long as it is above freezing during the day it will be fine. If it ever gets to the point the during the day it remains below freezing, then there could be an issue.
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Finally someone with some common sense.
As someone that grew up living somewhere with 5 months of solid winter, some of the comments in this thread make me almost laugh about the overkill and worry over a few chilly nights. It seems like basic physics or common sense gets thrown out the window when people start to overworry about things.
No their pipes aren't going to freeze and burst from a few or even several hours of -3 weather. It's physically impossible considering most of your pipes are inside your home and the warm parts of the pipe will always distribute heat towards the cold parts of the pipe including your outdoor tap. Unless your home is freezing cold inside like close to freezing inside, there will be plenty of heat for the warm side of your pipe to heat the cold side.
Up north I never bothered to shut off the feed to my outdoor taps for the winter until several days or even a few weeks of below freezing overnight temps. Never had an issue.