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Belmont Resident · 10-18-2010, 05:35 AM

We have a camp in Northern Maine where it usually gets much colder than here.
When we first bought we were told to drain the pipes and turn temps down to as low as they go or about 48. I couldn’t figure out why they drained the lines so we stopped and now just turn the pump off. What I would strongly consider is to wrap your water line in heat tape. It is cheap insurance and has worked for us for years. The other thing we do is wrap the whole area around the crawl space in 2” insulation that we remove in the spring.
This will go a long way to keeping the cold out from your crawl space. Block ANY and ALL places where cold air can blow into the crawl space as well.
We have a forced hot air system as well as monitor heaters and recently a wood stove that takes the place of all of the others when we are there. The forced hot air is poorly insulated but I’ve left it this way because it helps to keep the crawl space heated.
Hope this helps; it’s worked for us for the last 8-9 years.

10-18-2010, 05:35 AM	#28
Belmont Resident Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Belmont NH but prefer Jackman Maine Posts: 1,857 Thanks: 491 Thanked 410 Times in 251 Posts	Consider wraping water line We have a camp in Northern Maine where it usually gets much colder than here. When we first bought we were told to drain the pipes and turn temps down to as low as they go or about 48. I couldn’t figure out why they drained the lines so we stopped and now just turn the pump off. What I would strongly consider is to wrap your water line in heat tape. It is cheap insurance and has worked for us for years. The other thing we do is wrap the whole area around the crawl space in 2” insulation that we remove in the spring. This will go a long way to keeping the cold out from your crawl space. Block ANY and ALL places where cold air can blow into the crawl space as well. We have a forced hot air system as well as monitor heaters and recently a wood stove that takes the place of all of the others when we are there. The forced hot air is poorly insulated but I’ve left it this way because it helps to keep the crawl space heated. Hope this helps; it’s worked for us for the last 8-9 years.