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How To Prevent Frozen Pipes?

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The Durham plumbing professionals at JD Service Now have put together useful tips to help you prevent frozen pipes during the winter. If you need assistance repairing frozen pipes, our team is ready to help!

Tips to help you temporarily prevent frozen pipes:

  • Turn up the heat in your home
  • Keep your garage door closed
  • Open vanity or sink cabinet doors so that warm air can enter
  • Disconnect garden hoses from outdoor faucets
  • Heat vulnerable pipes inside your house with a hairdryer
  • Let the water run to stop pipes from freezing

Need plumbing assistance? Contact us today at 919-626-3626 to schedule an appointment!

Winter is just around the corner, and frozen pipes are a common issue during this time. Frozen pipes occur as the temperature drops, and water freezes the water in the pipes. The frozen water expands in volume by nearly nine percent. Pipes aren’t able to hold so much pressure, so they typically break. Pipes break where the ice forms or where the water pressure finds a weak spot in the pipe. The real trouble occurs when the ice thaws and the water flows into your house, causing you thousands of dollars. Preventing frozen pipes is an easy job that can save you money down the line. The Durham plumbers at JD Service Now has put together some easy tips to prevent frozen pipes this winter.

Protect Your Pipes During the Winter

If you see a reduction in your water flow, it can be an indication that ice is forming in your pipes. So if the flow slows down and your water starts to feel colder, here are a few things we recommend you to do before the problem gets worse.

Things you can do to temporarily prevent freezing pipes:

  • Turn up the heat in your home
  • Keep your garage door closed
  • Open vanity or sink cabinet doors so that warm air can enter
  • Disconnect garden hoses from outdoor faucets
  • Heat vulnerable pipes inside your house with a hairdryer
  • Let the water run to stop pipes from freezing

If you want a permanent solution to freezing pipes, there are various things you can do. For example, you would have to insulate your crawling space, replace standard outdoor faucets with frost-proof models, and reroute pipes away from cold spots inside your home. If you want to have a permanent solution to frozen pipes, our Durham plumbers are ready to help you.

Call Us Today at 919-626-3626 !

If you have frozen pipes or would like to get a long-term solution to frozen pipes, contact our team today. Our professional staff always get the job done right the first time, so you can feel confident in the work that we complete. We never leave a mess behind, and you can expect our technicians to be professional and on time. Regardless of how complicated the plumbing job may be, there isn’t anything our team can’t handle.

Schedule your Durham frozen pipe service with our experienced plumbers today at 919-626-3626 ! We serve homeowners and businesses in Durham, Raleigh, and Chapel Hill, NC.

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