Safe temperature to leave a house.

[gilbaro]

Currently touching a lot of wood but have never turned off water in any house I have had since 1980s
No pipes in the roof and 20 year old combi boiler. We turn the heating off but it will come on if the stat gets down to 12 which it does regularly but usually only for a few minutes.
Electricity is also on as invariably something is recording on TV

 

[maison]

We used to leave ours set at 8°C until a heating engineer pointed out that, if we had good loft insulation, the heat at that level would not reach pipes in the roof space.

 

[Gromett]

Leave ours on frost protection 5 degreesC.

The problem with 5°C is that will the temperature in the room. Inside cupboards, under floorboards etc may be a lot colder and that is the risk.
I spoked to plumbers back when I first started motorhoming and they all said between 10°C and 15°C for this reason.

 

[Themselves]

I have underfloor heating with a separate controller for each room. We went way for 12 weeks last winter with each room set to 8 c. no problems .

 

[JockandRita]

We leave ours at 12c but if it turns really cold my nephew who lives 100 metres away will turn it up further
He comes in every day at 5pm to check the mail and fills in a diary with time and date just to confirm he’s been in
Any important mail he opens and WhatsApp us a photo

Same here Neil, ie, 12 x degrees. A neighbour who used to pop in and gather the mail and adjust the heating where necessary, sadly passed away, and no family anywhere near now.

I was previously inclined to turn the water off at the water meter and leave all the taps open. One winter I didn't leave the taps open, which was just as well, as Anglia Water sent a chap round to change the water meter outside, picked up on the Ring doorbell camera. He only turned the water on after fitting the new meter, which would have resulted in major flooding of the house, and a huge water bill into the bargain, had i left them open.

Cheers,

Jock.

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[F jimmy]

10c is the minimum temperature to keep mildew away

 

[LittleGreyCat]

If I remember correctly insurance insist on 11C.
Our thermostat has an "off" setting of 5C which we used to use.
We keep the MH at 7C parked on the drive hooked up to the electric, and have done for previous caravan and the MH before that.

 

[Neil S]

Same here Neil, ie, 12 x degrees. A neighbour who used to pop in and gather the mail and adjust the heating where necessary, sadly passed away, and no family anywhere near now.

I was previously inclined to turn the water off at the water meter and leave all the taps open. One winter I didn't leave the taps open, which was just as well, as Anglia Water sent a chap round to change the water meter outside, picked up on the Ring doorbell camera. He only turned the water on after fitting the new meter, which would have resulted in major flooding of the house, and a huge water bill into the bargain, had i left them open.

Cheers,

Jock.

Hi Jock/Rita hope your both well and will we see you on the Mosel in September

 

[JockandRita]

Hi Jock/Rita hope your both well and will we see you on the Mosel in September

Hello Neil.

It is too early to say, but as last year's trip was cancelled due to medical matters, hopefully we'll make it this year.

Cheers,

Jock.

 

[gus-lopez]

as Anglia Water sent a chap round to change the water meter outside, picked up on the Ring doorbell camera. He only turned the water on after fitting the new meter,

I always turn off the drinking water when we go away & take the meter reading .This year when I returned they had changed the meter but left it as they found it, turned off.
Just had a thought. The bedroom I sleep in falls to 12º c or under during the night.

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[JockandRita]

Just had a thought. The bedroom I sleep in falls to 12º c or under during the night.

Too cold for me at night Richard.

Just checked my OVO App, and the gas heating has been on over the last couple of days, but obviously not for long.

Cheers,

Jock.