Yes, my other comment touches on some of that. Also, just to note, PEX is much more forgiving for not poping when frozen. If I lived in Kolorado, I'd likely have designed a house half in the fucking ground, and the fireplace would have a thermal wall mass which backed up to the bedroom. I'd still have wood burners, even small ones in the Master. Side, Side Note: even in Texas, I designed the master large enough to put a wood burner in the corner....it don't have fire block, or reflector, but all that I can drum up if the world goes to shit. "Why don't you throw away those 3 pallets of scrap lumber, they ain't large enough to use" Honey....those will burn when the world goes to shit and we might need them for heat. They take up no room out behind the trees just sleeping till we need them. "oh" 2 coords on the porch...and I have started a fire 2x in 3 years here. propane tank is full. Well House has 2500 gallons of water, that is heated when temps drop to 45, so the thermal mass in there is good enough for short runs (2 days at below freezing) with no power. If power was to be out more than a day...Genny is sitting there, and I can wire it into the feed and cut the mains.....aint setup for 10 min job, but its doable in likely an hour. gas you say? 10x 5 gallon jugs with no-ethanol. diesel you say? 10 x 5gallon jugs, that is winter gas, not summer (no gel here) I spent a little time in the cold....I'm ready for Colorado cold, in Texas climate.