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gahorn wrote:Wouldn't it be a lot simpler to just install water-cut-offs and drain-valve at the bathroom water inlet?

Don't forget, you'd also have to empty the toilet tank and put antifreeze in the bowl.

Freezing temps in northern Wisconsin are pretty much a full-time thing, and getting the hangar "ready for winter" every time you left it (in case you didn't come back the next day as planned) would be a major hassle.

Paul is protecting himself pretty well with insulation; he just wants a pair of suspenders along with the belt! I dont' blame him at all.

He're's something that would do the trick if you're willing to install a phone line: http://www.smarthome.com/70050.html.

Here's another thought -- has anybody near the hangar got a wi-fi network going, that you could tap into? (With permission, of course.)

If so, a cheap PC with a temperature sensor could be live on the internet (like a webcam, but just a temperature reading instead of a picture), and you could check it from anywhere.

[quote="gahorn"](This is sort of like having water-pressure constantly available in a house that's used so very little that a leaking pipe could cause water damage, so a method is being devised to detect a leaking pipe, so someone could alert someone nearer the house to go turn off the water. It's a lot simpler to just turn off the water when the place is not being used, and turn it on when one arrives to use it.)quote]

I had a leak like that last year. The house cleaner saw it and put a bucket under the leak then left for two weeks. We came home after ten days to a flooded utility room. So much for depending on someone else's common sense. I sure don't want that house cleaner turning valves on and off.