[tortuga]

There is a thin layer of ice on the neighborhood roads, Unit 6 anyway. Nothing had been deiced when I was out walking.

[Bootstrap]

There is a link at the top of this page “Road Conditions” which has all the info….looks like chains are required 1/2 mile east of Camp Connell to Mr. Reba…at least for now…

[phillygirl]

Hi,

We were planning to drive up on Wednesday afternoon. Can you tell us what the road conditions are now — i.e. is there a thin layer of ice since it snowed a little?

Thanks.

Helene

[caleach]

Very good point on the pipe freezing issue and will take into consideration.

Thanks

[Chumash]

You already got Pauls appliance to respond I have used them many times they are very responsive. Re winterizing I would still drain your pipes of water as someone else mentioned you can lose power/heat then if pipes freeze they can burst. Last winter we had two bad leaks due to water left in the copper pipes causing soldered seems to burst. One easy repaid under the house and one difficult repair requiring cutting open holes in the walls to find the leak. Expensive lesson learned.

[dhumph]

We had this experience. We kept the heat up and for 12 years had never had an experience with freezing pipes. Then the power went out for a few days during a cold snowstorm. When the thaw came and the power came back on, 2 pipes had split. Thankfully a kind neighbor saw the water pouring out of the basement, turned the water off to the house and gave us a call.

[bigtreestechman]

It’s snowing in Dorrington and cold enough to stay.
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[DaveT]

You’ve no doubt accounted for this in your plan, but it’s worth pointing out anyway that any winter proofing strategy should take into consideration the fact that we can lose power for days on end and it often happens during the most extreme weather. To be safe, unless you’re up here all the time or have a standby generator wired to come on automatically, you should never rely on anything powered by electricity as your sole means of winter proofing.

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[joncyn1]

He was in our backyard on Dec 26th about 7am on the corner of Cheyenne and Apache.

[caleach]

This string highlights the need for an updated “to do” list for all us weekenders based on other’s experiences.

We ended up putting a hot water circulating pump in our system to help alleviate any potential problems from pipes freezing and this coupled with keeping the thermostat set slightly avoids, hopefully, any additional problems. We used to drain the pipes and that whole ordeal, but decided that we were going up enough that we started to take a more conservative approach.

[CalBear]

Thanks to all the replies. I had tried to reach RJ’s for over a week with no response, perhaps they were gone for the holiday. Paul’s Appliance promptly replied and met us yesterday.
Probably same issue Caleach mentioned…unit wasn’t defrosting properly and board needs to be replaced…so $400 dollars later…
Thanks again!

[Robert Bansmer]

Middleton’s recommended Paul’s Appliance 795-7696 when I had a problem with my dryer. He solved the issue, and I would use him again.

[caleach]

Hate to add a negative comment about a local contractor but a couple of years ago we had a refrigerator problem and RJ’s went through two thermostats and couldn’t fix the problem. Turns out it was the compressor so we replaced the unit from Middletons.

Have found out, or have been led to believe, that a common problem with refrigerators in the area is that if they are left on and the ambient temperature stays too low it ends up messing with the sensors and the unit goes bad. Our normal policy is to leave the cabin heat on at 50 degrees during the colder months. This is partly for the refrigerator and partly to keep the pipes from freezing.

[sspmoose]

Hi I can’t see the message but if you are trying to contact me about the planer my email is marsha.meadows@att.net

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