This time of year聽brings聽so much聽excitement聽Ð聽cute聽trick-or-treaters,聽family聽congregated聽around Thanksgiving聽tables, and the聽magic聽of the holidays. But with the聽wonderful comes the terrible. The聽cool聽weather and聽extreme聽temperatures can cause a whole聽medley聽of聽plumbing problems.听黑料社区聽is here with聽some聽preventative measures to help you聽minimize聽your chance of聽facing聽these common winter plumbing problems.
Frozen Pipes
Your pipes becoming frozen is聽a common plumbing problem f辞谤听the U.S.. This聽typically聽happens聽when high water pressure聽in聽the main water pipe聽combines with聽freezing temperatures. To help聽keep this from occurring in your home, leave a faucet聽a little聽open to聽let water聽continuously聽flow through. If you do聽discover聽a frozen pipe,聽turn off聽the main water supply to聽prevent聽the pipe from聽bursting. Try聽warming聽the frozen area of the pipe with聽heated聽water and if that聽doesn't work, give聽黑料社区聽a call and we’ll send one of our聽qualified聽plumbers out to聽look at聽the聽problem.
Broken Water Line
An opening聽or break in your water聽piping聽could cause聽significant聽damage to your home. Water聽piping聽cracks聽or breaks are聽typically聽because of聽a frozen garden hose. If you聽forget to disconnect your hose from聽your water spout聽following a freeze, the ice inside can聽force pressure to聽build up in your home’s water聽piping聽and聽result in聽a leak or a break. To聽prevent聽this聽situation,聽ensure聽your garden hoses are drained and disconnected聽prior to freezing temperatures.
Failing Hot Water Systems
If your hot water heater is not聽working聽as well as expected,聽confirm the temperature聽is set high enough. If you聽have聽a gas聽water heater,聽be sure聽the pilot light is still lit. If聽everything is set correctly and lit properly, call聽黑料社区聽so we can send out聽an expert聽plumber to聽figure out聽what’s going on. To聽prevent聽this聽issue聽altogether,聽ensure聽you are聽having your hot water heater serviced annually聽and it’s聽better聽if you service it well before聽cooler temperatures arrive. Call (866) 963-7996 辞谤听schedule online聽to聽ensure聽you don’t get left聽without warm water聽this winter.
