i can’t live without heat tapes on the water pipes
Been there!
Ya know We got escape room down South here, right ?
What my husband does on the outdoor faucets to help keep the pipes warm: Puts the beefy protectors over the faucets, with one or two of those disposable hand warmers (from Amazon) inside. Then he puts a couple of wool caps over the protector. Once activated, the hand warmers stay warm for 8-10 hours hours. Faucets are cozy; pipes haven’t frozen.
We moved from an isolated rural house in 2016. A couple years before that we installed a whole house instant-on generator. That was great! The only drawback would’ve been if the propane truck couldn’t have made it back to our place on the narrow, steep, mile-long road, with switch-backs. Once we were “iced in” for about 10 days.
Think I’ll head into town today and get some of that.
Haven’t had water to the kitchen for about a week.
Ran across this article, might be of some use to those looking at heat tape.
https://oemheaters.com/topic/heating-tape