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    Feb 18, 2008, 05:08 PM
    Dewinterizing a house
    How do you dewinterize a house?
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    Feb 18, 2008, 05:49 PM
    Depends on how it was 'winterized'.
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    Feb 18, 2008, 06:32 PM
    Generally that should just mean turning on all utilities, lighting furnace and water heater, if gas or oil fired.
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    Feb 18, 2008, 06:44 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by hkstroud
    Generally that should just mean turning on all utilities, lighting furnace and water heater, if gas or oil fired.
    Naw, some folks go to the extreme of pouring glycol down the traps.
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    Feb 18, 2008, 06:50 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by iamgrowler
    glycol down the traps.
    Wouldn't that be winterizing?
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