Greetings
We are new owners of a vacation home / log cabin in central Maine. This first winter, we plan to visit once or twice a month, leaving the interior heat at about 50 degrees. The cabin is built on a 3 foot deep crawl space, with blue foam around the inside perimeter of the crawl space; outside is a plywood skirt. Water supply is from a well, so water coming in will be colder as winter progresses. Should we insulate the water pipes in the crawl space, or does the insulation have the opposite effect of keeping the ambient heat in the crawl space from reaching the pipes? The bathroom above the main well line has a Rinnai heater inside it, but we're not sure whether that will generate enough heat below. Any thoughts are appreciated.
We are new owners of a vacation home / log cabin in central Maine. This first winter, we plan to visit once or twice a month, leaving the interior heat at about 50 degrees. The cabin is built on a 3 foot deep crawl space, with blue foam around the inside perimeter of the crawl space; outside is a plywood skirt. Water supply is from a well, so water coming in will be colder as winter progresses. Should we insulate the water pipes in the crawl space, or does the insulation have the opposite effect of keeping the ambient heat in the crawl space from reaching the pipes? The bathroom above the main well line has a Rinnai heater inside it, but we're not sure whether that will generate enough heat below. Any thoughts are appreciated.