Folks, we've got some crazy, cold weather on the way (~5 days of mostly freezing temps including temps forecast to be as low as 5º).
Our new place is an old P&B based house. From what I understand from the inspectors, the pipes (PVC) under the house are NOT insulated. The seller has a halogen work light in the tiny (dog house sized) pump house that he uses as a heater. Then the sellers advised to have the heat running in the house to keep the crawl-space warmer than the outside air to keep the pipes under the house from freezing. Most of the outdoor spigots have some insulation and plastic on them.
Two of the 4 sides (N and W) of the house have solid tin covering the crawl-space, so that should block most of the wind.
I've also heard "drip the water inside and outside."
I'm planning to go out to the house, probably on Sat, to get the heat going and turn on the work light in the pump house. I'll stay there, probably until Wed, then play it by ear.
I've wondered about getting another work light or two for under the house near the pipes.
I'm pretty new to P&B and worrying about weather like this.
Any other thoughts or recommendations to help safeguard?
The upcoming forecast.
The blue horizontal line is 32º
The Sat and Sun after this the highs are supposed to be ~70º