Freezing night time temperatures

wakeupalarm

With freezing nightime temperatures expected over the next few nights, should we be leaving the heating on overnight at a low temperature of say 10 degrees. We never have the heating on after 10pm but looking at the forecasts, I don't remember such a long period of sustained low temperatures. Just concerned about pipes freezing.

spinningsheep

I was worried about this too, but if you have your heating on timer until say 11pm, and it comes on early in the morning, the fabric of the building should stay sufficiently warm to stop this from happening. If the pipes are in a loft space, just wrap them in some old towels if they are not already lagged, this should stop any freezing.