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Tips Preventing Pipes From Freezing
Posted By FeedCrazy On 16/04/2010 @ 06:37 pm In General | No Comments
When you own a home there are many maintenance issues you have to take care of. Plumbing problems are one of the issues that is very common to home owners. Problems always occur when you have leaky or broken pipes, and it’s something you don’t want. One of the main causes of that are frozen pipes. If you are situated in an area with freezing temperatures this may be one of your problems. This article will show you ways on how to prevent damages from frozen pipes.
Make sure to have your faucets dripping if you know that freezing temperatures will be around soon. One trick that works really well is this. What this does is it prevents water from freezing because water that is flowing has a harder time of freezing.
Next thing is, leaving your cabinets open if there us any plumbing near or around it. What this does is it allows the heat in your homes to get to the pipes. There will be no heat towards the pipes when the cabinets are closed. This is why the pipes in your home would freeze up, and that is what you need to prevent.
Then you have to insulate everything. If you are situated in an area when the water goes to a freezing level during winter, this is very important. All you need to do is go to the nearest hardware store. Good insulations can be purchased at any local hardware stores.
Most importantly, if you plan to be away for a long time, shut off the water. You can keep the water inside the pipes from freezing with this. But of course the moment you turn off the water you will drain all the plumbing. The freezing from your pipe will be prevented by this trick.
So follow these steps to prevent your pipes from freezing during the winter.
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