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chachee52 · 12-10-2022, 08:08 PM

I didn't see anything about it being a water leak. I know way back when the camps were being put more "modern" with sheet rock people wouldn't leave the heat on and the seams would crack more. Is this what he was patching?
If not, than your neighbor has other issues I would say if he had a professional come out and fully drain the house. Our old camp we drain each year, gravity drain only, for decades and only had a few issues and they were mainly our fault. Someone thought a valve was closed and "opened it" just to have it actually be that we closed it. Never heated, no isolation to bother, only had a heater in the last 20 years that runs maybe 3 times a year.

12-10-2022, 08:08 PM	#16
chachee52 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Gilford, NH Posts: 387 Thanks: 6 Thanked 79 Times in 62 Posts	I didn't see anything about it being a water leak. I know way back when the camps were being put more "modern" with sheet rock people wouldn't leave the heat on and the seams would crack more. Is this what he was patching? If not, than your neighbor has other issues I would say if he had a professional come out and fully drain the house. Our old camp we drain each year, gravity drain only, for decades and only had a few issues and they were mainly our fault. Someone thought a valve was closed and "opened it" just to have it actually be that we closed it. Never heated, no isolation to bother, only had a heater in the last 20 years that runs maybe 3 times a year.