Summer is WAY over we are now (at least in my area) back to winter weather
it is cold and snowy with freezing temps and well being green in this is not easy
We need heat ..well we have it we use fallen trees for our wood stove and when it is really cold we use the gas fireplace to take the chill off and we bake a lot and of course wear lots of warm clothes
the water pipes leading from the well into the house are above ground (a serious design flaw) and they tend to freeze at night so some mornings when it is cold we wake up to no water till we thaw that pipe
in order to get the pipe to not freeze we will leave the water running at night so the pipe does not freeze
THAT is not very green
I want to save water and I have been working on it I remind myself to not leave the water running while we brush our teeth (my boys are better at this than I am)
we conserve when we flush (most of the time)
not all of us shower every day and those who do take shorter showers
we use cold water to wash our clothes
we use the dishwasher for dishes (uses less water than I could hand washing) and well we do our best
and what more could be asked of us
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Have you tried a heat tape with insulation either laid on the pipe or wrapped around it? We had to do that for our house until a backhoe could be hired and the pipes relaid.
Linda
http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com
We have a heat tape on it we have a "building" of bricks built around it and it is insulated as well on top of the heat pipe
it still freezes
we need to get a back hoe rented and redo the whole thing which will not be an easy prospect
Dave would have to take off work (he rarely does that) and the location is between the house and garage leaving very little room for manuvering
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