Comments on: It’s cold… http://richmondva.wordpress.com/2008/12/22/its-cold/ Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:46:25 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Justin http://richmondva.wordpress.com/2008/12/22/its-cold/#comment-1885 Justin Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:01:37 +0000 http://richmondva.wordpress.com/2008/12/22/its-cold/#comment-1885 Without looking at it, and therefore at the risk of sounding totally stupid, I would suspect you could stop the pipes from freezing by stopping air cold going directly into your crawl space. Seal up any and all crawl vents. Also, if you're handy, you could wire up a simple exhaust fan in one crawl vent, seal all others, and you would be pulling warm air down through your old wood floors into the space---shouldn't be enough to send your heat bill to the moon, just enough to stay above freezing down there. Without looking at it, and therefore at the risk of sounding totally stupid, I would suspect you could stop the pipes from freezing by stopping air cold going directly into your crawl space. Seal up any and all crawl vents.

Also, if you’re handy, you could wire up a simple exhaust fan in one crawl vent, seal all others, and you would be pulling warm air down through your old wood floors into the space—shouldn’t be enough to send your heat bill to the moon, just enough to stay above freezing down there.

]]> By: Matthew Freeman http://richmondva.wordpress.com/2008/12/22/its-cold/#comment-1877 Matthew Freeman Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:45:47 +0000 http://richmondva.wordpress.com/2008/12/22/its-cold/#comment-1877 Success! I gave up on the space heater- not in the end for safety purposes but because it seemed utterly ineffective. Targeted hair dryer application was the trick. Success! I gave up on the space heater- not in the end for safety purposes but because it seemed utterly ineffective.

Targeted hair dryer application was the trick.

]]> By: john m http://richmondva.wordpress.com/2008/12/22/its-cold/#comment-1876 john m Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:31:46 +0000 http://richmondva.wordpress.com/2008/12/22/its-cold/#comment-1876 We've done the space heater trick. Our turns off if knocked over, which made me a little more comfortable with it. We’ve done the space heater trick. Our turns off if knocked over, which made me a little more comfortable with it.

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