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Originally Posted by SpongeG
they can't build houses here to deal with the cold
one week of almost -10 and how many frozen pipes happenned? crazy - nowhere else in Canada would that happen
not to mention all the houses built with crappy single glass windows that just blow the cold air in
people/builders cheap out - this kind of snow fall is pretty rare - once a decade i think we get a huge dump like this
so its justifiable that they don't build houses etc to sustain cold temps and rare snowfalls
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If I'm not mistaken, the heating is only supposed to handle 98% of an average years temps. Meaning, during the coldest 2% of the year, the heating will have a tough time warming the entire place. That's when you're supposed to put on a sweater. The pipes should be fine though. Frozen pipes will happen when things aren't properly insulated, and/or when someone decides to turn off the heating for whatever reason.