Warm up your house hacks...

[aculprit]

This works very well.

 

[10thmountain]

( had a pipe freeze 90% - it was still letting water through to the guest bathtub so I let it run for 30 mins and it naturally defrosted. Crisis averted) The one thing I forgot to drip!!

 

[MuleShoe]

We have fire place downstairs that will heat whole house if power goes out! Heat pump down stairs and 1 upstairs. We had to replace upstairs heat pump last year in January and I bought a pretty good electric heater to get by for five days while it was replaced and used little firewood. Wife has to have it 70 degrees to be warm and heat pump comes on about every 30 to 45 minutes in this cold weather last couple days.

 

[Mr. Goodbar]

Spoiled over here, house stays at 74, gas furnaces upstairs plus a fireplace, basement is a heat pump and stays at 74 but been running nonstop. Guess that's what you get when you marry island girls

 

[Ken Ford]

Close your under house vents, thought I’d had already done that and froze my butt off last night. Much better now…

 

[murphranch]

I pack a bag and go stay with the girl friend and her mother. They like to share everything. I’m down with that. Never hurts to get your kink on!


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[John5757]

 

[hdsailorman]

Have a heat pump which is usually very efficient cooling and heating. Dirty little secret on the heat pumps - they are not designed for 20 degrees and lower. So I installed a Mr Heater free standing propane heater in the other end of the house. Fill the 100# tank once a year for $85. Ran it last few days to supplement the heat pump. Heat strip ($$$) hardly comes on at all and we stay a toasty 73 during the day and 70 at night.
PS. Those oil filled radiator electric heaters are GREAT!

 

[Ruger34]

Heat pump with propane backup upstairs and downstairs for the main heat, and fireplace insert keeps the mains from having to run, during this cold snap the house has stayed a nice 70 degrees without the mains having to run.

 

[Red Squirrel 556]

Was out in my shop this morning at 0300 getting my kerosene heater. The heat pump was running nonstop and it was 56 in the house. Outside windchill was -7. Kero ran for about 12 hrs and only used a little over a half tank. Just refilled it. We also have been having a ton of power outages. Kero runs no matter what.View attachment 5123429