[fanfan]

I would keep a drip going just in case. I live in the South and when it gets down in the teen's even with the heat on we have had the pipes under the house freeze. NOT FUN.

It all depends on how you prepared your house is.

My neighbors house was built on top of the ground with plumbing under the surface of the structure. His pipes would freeze 3-4 times each winter.It would have helped if he had wrapped them better.

My house was built for cold weather,with pipes buried in the ground so the pipes don't freeze as long as we use water occasionally...ie: shower and flush in the am, give the dogs fresh water, make dinner etc.

Our septic system did freeze one year because we had been away for 2 days, and the boys had been snowmobiling over the pipe that led from the house to the weeping bed. I can laugh now, but we had a work crew here for 16 hours, and about $2000.00 later we could flush the toilet with out flooding the back yard. LOL , this was in -40 degree weather, + wind chill.

[Coldwater Creek]

I am so glad to know about your pipe's. We live in an 100 yo house and before we moved in the pipes froze and we had to have all of the plumbing replaced. We put pipe insulation on everything but the drains, but I still leave a 60w light on under the kitchen pipes and leave a little drip if it is going to be freezing for over 1 day. Once burned makes you leery.