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 One thing that will interfere with both heating and plumbing is frozen
water pipes. During winter, it is advised that all garden hoses should be
pulled out for draining so as to prevent the water pipes from freezing.
The indoor cut off valve should be off and the faucet should be open so
that the water lines will not freeze.
 Keeping one's smoke alarms in good condition to prevent fires which
can be very expensive. This can be done by ensuring that the batteries
in the alarms are change regularly along with a full wattage light bulb.
 In cold weather close vents and shut the doors in unused rooms.
Maintaining an average room temperature at night is important hence if
you do some baking you can leave the door open a bit. If you have
several unused room in your house then shutting them will save you a lot
of money. Also you can also keep yourself warm by wearing warm
clothing. The room t temperature should be below 70 degrees.