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Leaving place cold for 2 weeks

  • 30-11-2023 7:39pm
    #1
    Movintoireland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5 ✭Movintoireland


    Hi there,

    I recently moved into my own studio apartment, I was thinking of visiting my family over the holidays for a week or two,

    but I am concerned about the consequences of leaving my room without heat for up to two weeks. There's a vent here too which means it'll absolutely make sure the cold air from outside is gonna get in here and make it nice and chilly in no time. Condensation isn't gonna appear on the windows if the room inside is cold too right? Do I have to worry about something happening to my place, what's the worst I can expect and what can I do to prepare for this?

    Thank you everybody in advance!



Comments

  • #2
    Sono
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,561 ✭✭✭Sono


    What about setting a timer for it to come on every day for an hour to ease your worries?



  • #3
    Hamza Dirty Stagecoach
    Posts: 0 ✭ Hamza Dirty Stagecoach


    You’ll be fine.



  • #4
    10-10-20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,067 ✭✭✭10-10-20


    Condensation always has a source and 90% of the time it's from human activities such as cooking, perspiration, drying, etc! If you're not there then most of that goes away and the condensation won't increase except for the natural levels during internal and external temperature changes.

    As we don't typically suffer from bad winters the chance of a hard freeze causing burst pipes is low but can happen. If your studio isn't well insulated then it could be a risk and you could consider running the heating at low, maybe around 16 or 17 degrees C, once a day. But the big them for me is getting the heat on quickly when I return. I have that setup so that I can heat up the place remotely, not sure if it's an option for you?



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