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We also leave all internal fitted cupboard doors wide open, especially those on an outside wall eg in the kitchen.
We leave the heating on timed, set to come on in the middle of the night and it seems to keep things ticking over. We leave it on 16 deg C as per the insurance policy though the house temperature seldom drops that low so it is not an expensive thing to do.
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Edit: And we left the trap into the loft open too so warm air could circulate up there where the water tank is.
As said earlier , it is really important to contact your house insurer. We are away for 5 /6 months each time and our insurers insists that all the water is drained and the boiler is turned off. Also we are not covered for valuables {jewellary etc} when we away so leave them with daughter
If you have any tanks or pipes in the loft open the hatch a tad to let some warmer air into the space as the amount of insulation on roof spaces these days means it gets really cold up there and even if you have turned off the mains water you could still have 50 gallon or so up there.After being a plumber for 33 years i have seen the damage done by this and it is'nt pretty.
Thanks for all your replies, lots of tips to think about.
There are no constraints on heating or draining down with the insurers so i'll be leaving the water on and set the heating to come on twice a day at a temperature I'm yet to decide on.
I'm not convinced about leaving a roof trap open. The pipes and tank are very well lagged, isn't it always cold up there even when the property is occupied anyway?
Apparently the continual flow of water through the tank in the roof when you are at home is enough to keep it reasonably warm. When your house is empty and the water in the tank is not being changed then it can freeze if it gets cold- as it will in a well-lagged loft that is not being heated from below ( because you've put tons of lagging in...)
I would def open the loft hatch as there will be less heat in the house.
I also drain my large tank In the roof, as has been said,a leak can do
Thousands of pounds worth of damage.
Draining tank will NOT damage anything else as the boiler or panels
Only heat a coil in the cylinder, in fact you can run the boiler with no water in cylinder and no damage would occour.
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After being a plumber for 33 years i have seen the damage done by this and it is'nt pretty.
Actually in June it is 34 years and seen countless ceilings down and ruined property due to this.
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, would never have bothered about that otherwise.
