Winter and RVs

[oldmangunner]

I am curious. IF you own an RV is it possible to live in it during the winter and still say warm? What sort of heat would you use? How much would heating an RV cost for the winter?

[Betty]

We have an Airstream that we lived in while building our home. My husband lived in it two winters. The first winter was mild, and it was no problem. The second winter, we had record low temperatures, and it was a challenge.

[rvlovers10100]

It depends on where you are going to stay the winter and second, how your rig is set up. Second point first, some units have available heated grey, black and fresh water interior or insulated tanks, as well as all water lines are interior to stay non-frozen, these I have seen people live in year round here in Summit County Co. with minimal freeze ups. Without the heat and insulation, your waste tanks freeze solid and then you are having major problems. They make electric heated water hoses to go from the fresh water hook up to your city water inlet. When I am camping in freezing weather, I use my fresh water tank as it is somewhat protected from the cold instead of hooking up to the fresh water. As for staying warm inside the unit, your furnace will do an adequate job, but, if you are hooked up to electricity, bring along a couple of space heaters to help. You won't burn as much propane.

[Bob]

I lived in mine for a winter once. It was do-able but not preferable. What 10100 said I found to be true. One thing I did was to place rigid insulation all around the bottom to enclose the air space under the trailer. I bought a couple clip-on heat lamps to put under there on really cold nights.