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Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel
Because freezing is at 32 degrees and my pipes are all interior except those to the kitchen sink/dishwasher. Those pipes come directly from the garage which is built into a hillside and well insulated. I also leave the cabinet doors open, and the heater comes on at 45. I'm not home a lot, no point in heating the house when I'm not home. I can see my breath at about 43, which is why I set it at 45.
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One of my previous homes had the bathroom pipes along a southwest exterior wall. Someone told me to buy
Heat Tape to wrap the pipes. Luckily, there was a trap door to the pipes in one of the bedrooms, so it was doable.
This worked until it was maybe 15 degrees, then I resorted to the "slow-drip" process. I also found that an blow dryer could unfreeze a pipe pretty quickly if you knew where it was frozen.
As for bedrooms being 5 degrees colder, not in my house. My bedrooms are upstairs and heat rises. At night, the thermostat is set on 60. Otherwise, I think I'm getting hot flashes.